Month: November 2018
YCBK43: Does it Matter Whether You Take the ACT or the SAT?
In this week’s episode… In the News (2:24): We are reviewing an article featured on CNN.com “The Harvard Admission Trial Puts the School’s Dirty Secrets On Display” by Joan Biskupic. […]
Interview 19: Nancy Beane on “How much weight to put on prestige”
This week’s interview is with Nancy Beane, the recent president of the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC) and the current Associate Director of College Counseling at the […]
YCBK42: Differences Between the ACT and SAT
In this week’s episode… In the News (2:15): In this week’s news we’re reviewing an article from The Atlantic, “The Rise of College Grade Forgiveness” by Jeffrey Selingo. Universities are […]
Interview 18: Brennan Barnard on “Mistakes Parents Make in the College Process”
Brennan Barnard is a prolific writer, writing for the Washington Post, Forbes and the Huffington post, but Brennan also serves as the Director of College Counseling at the Derryfield […]
YCBK41: Differences Between the New SAT and the Old SAT
In this week’s episode… In the News (3:00): ”Free College Goes Mainstream”, by Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed. We discuss the growing movement to offer some variation of free college. […]
YCBK40: What You Need to Know About the SAT
In this week’s episode… In the News (2:00): Why Universities are Phasing out Luxury Dorms by Jeffrey Selingo of The Atlantic. This article was written on August 21st, 2017. (Length […]