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YCBK 227: Is telling our kids to follow their passions bad advice?
YCBK 227: Is telling our kids to follow their passions bad advice?Interview 95: Rod Skinner on “Why is it so much harder to get into a selective college these days”
- Rod shares his backstory
- How Mark met Rod
- What role has the Common App has played
- The role anxiety has played
- The role of “test-optional”
- The role of International students
- The role of institutional priorities
- The role of ED
- The role your declared major plays
- Rod tells us more about Milton Academy
- What is Rod’s answer to the person who says, colleges are taking students of color with weaker credentials than my kid and it isn’t fair
- An exercise he has families do
- The role of athletics
- Public vs private school
- The transactional vs development mindset
- Access paradigm vs selectivity paradigm
- The role bond ratings play
- The importance of starting with “why”
- How does a rising tide lifts all boats
- Getting people off a fixation with one school
- What parents can do to help their kid’s mental health
- The lightning round, Rod goes on the hot seat
- Sage wisdom for college counselors, students, and parents
