In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (2:10): Julia and Mark planned to talk about an article that ran in Bowdoin Orient, their student newspaper entitled: “Dean of Admissions Claudia Marroquin on the decline of male applicants to Bowdoin” but they don’t get to the article until next week but they do discuss some application tips including, should you write your Personal Statement on Your College Major? Part 1 of 2 (Length 22 minutes)

This week’s question (24:36) : Question from a listener, Marissa Salazar, Associate Director of Admissions at Colorado College answers a couple questions about applications from the state of Florida in our QFL section (Length 11 minutes)

This week’s interview (35:55): Lydia Dagenais, a former admission officer at Haverford College and Swarthmore College is joined by Julia Esquivel, a co-host for YCBK but also a former Haverford College admission officer to discuss Haverford and Swarthmore. Preview:

Mark’s recommended resource of the week (41:10): Getting In College Admissions & Finance Advice | Bright Horizons College Coach Blog (getintocollege.com)

College Spotlight (1:00:35): Mark and Lisa talk about Marquette University in our College Spotlight section, Part 1 of 2

Recommended Resource- The New York Times Replica Edition (pressreader.com) Do it yourself college rankings and ScholarMatch and here are the dates for ScholarMatch information sessions:

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