In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (15:00): Vince and Mark discuss an article from Jon Boeckenstedt’s blog entitled, “Why were you denied”. The article looks at a wide range of reasons students are denied. (Length 22 minutes)

This week’s question (37:16): Lisa and Mark continue their five-part series of bonus content. Mark shares seven categories of students who often feel disillusioned with the college process, like it was unfair to them.

Our goal is not to deflate but to help people to avoid the pitfalls involved in having unrealistic expectations. We were going to make this a four part series, but we decided to add one final week to make this a 5-part series. (Length 21 minutes)

This week’s interview (58:56): We continue with our interview with Andre Phillips, a 40-year admission veteran who has been at University of Wisconsin-Madison for almost a dozen years.

Andre is currently the Director of Admissions. He helps us to understand UW-Madison, Part 3 of 4 (Length 19 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week (1:08:40): The recommended resource is a great resource for getting a job and it is called, “Handshake”

College Spotlight (1:17:34): Mark and Lynda discuss Harvey Mudd College for our College Spotlight, Part 1 of 2

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