YCBK 331: Is It The End Of Student Recruitment As We Know It
In this week’s episode you will hear In the News (25:30) : Mark and Susan discuss Eric Hoover’s article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that appeared on April 2rd, […]
YCBK 330: Why colleges love Early Decision and Early Action
Introduction: ² Mark answers a Speakpipe question from a North Carolina listener who wants to know more about Stanford’s restrictive early admission program ² Mark interviews David Marcus about his […]
YCBK 329: DeSantis’s war on DEI in Florida’s public colleges; The Two Most Important Letters in College Admissions
In this week’s episode you will hear In the News (38:20): Mark and Dave discuss Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s decision to abolish all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at public […]
YCBK 328: Why Colleges Love Early Decision and Early Action
Introduction Mark discusses a special interview that is coming up and he asks for listeners to send in Speakpipe questions for this interview Mark interviews David Marcus about his book, […]
YCBK 327: A profession on the edge-Why admission leaders are wearing down, burning out and leaving
In this week’s episode you will hear In the News (13:28): Mark and Julia discuss an article in “The Chronicle of Higher Education” by Eric Hoover entitled, “A profession on […]
YCBK 326: What a 10th grader did to get 8-10 research opportunities with elite universities
Introduction : Mark discusses the things that are on the yourcollegeboundkid.com website that you won’t get on a podcast app Mark shares the story of what a 10th grader did […]
YCBK 325: Sorry You’ve Been Rejected, Now Let’s Party
In this week’s episode you will hear In the News (14:36) : Mark and Vince discuss Danielle Braff’s April 25th, 2023 article entitled, “Sorry You’ve Been Rejected, Now Let’s Party” […]
YCBK 324: A new approach to college tours plus, what seniors should do from May to December
Introduction : Mark discusses a new approach to take on college tours if you can’t spend multiple hours at each college you are interested Lisa interviews Lynda Doepker on the […]
YCBK 323: A challenge for colleges to be transparent with their data
In this week’s episode you will hear In the News (25:28): Mark and Susan discuss James Murphy’s third educational brief in his trilogy on the “Future of Fair Admissions”. This […]
YCBK 322: 7 observations from admission decisions from the class of 2023
Introduction: Mark shares seven observations he had now that the class of 2023 decisions have been released Lisa interviews Lynda Doepker on the topic of things students and parents should […]