YCBK34: There is Hope for the C Student
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In this week’s episode…
In the News (2:30): We review an article written on August 17th, 2018 by Brennan Barnard of Forbes entitled, “College Applicants Reflect on Lessons Learned”.
![Brennan Barnard](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Brennan-Barnard-c.jpg)
![Forbes](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Forbes-600-200.jpg)
In this week’s book discussion we are in Chapter 34 of 171 Answers (8:20): We are in Chapter 34 of 171 Answers Mark and Anika are talking about C students and their college options.
![171 Answers to the Most-Asked College Admission Questions](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/171-answers.jpg)
This week’s question (19:15) is from Alex, a student from Manhattan who wants to know if there is an advantage to applying through Early Action or Early Decision.
![Question](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/question-34.jpg)
Mark interviews Mike Runiewisz, Director of Financial Aid at Washington University in St. Louis (32:36) and they are talking about 16 common mistakes that are made on the FAFSA application.
![Michael Runiewicz](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Michael-Runiewicz-1.jpg)
Mark’s recommended resource of the week (46:56) is the website bigfuture.org
Don’t forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com
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