In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (2:25): Mark and Lisa answer the question from a listener: How can you know if a college makes holistic admissions decisions or whether they admit students by the number (Length 10 minutes)

This week’s question (12:40): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and Mark) and we discuss several questions from a student about whether Eagles Scout belongs in the Honors Section (Length 7 minutes)

This week’s interview (19:36): Mark interviews Stephen Burd, Editor of the book, Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management, and Don Hossler, one of the major contributors to the book – Preview of Part 1

• Stephen Burd gives his backstory and his history studying enrollment management
• Stephen talks about how misleading financial aid awards are
• Don Hossler shares his 45 years of researching and practicing enrollment management
• Stephen shares why he took three years of his life to work on the book, Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management
• Don tells us what Enrollment Management is
• Stephen gives us the history of enrollment management (Length 35 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week (36:28): This link has some of the school specific prompts that are released on August 1st, but students can get them now and start working on these two weeks in advance: Essay Prompts: Class of 2025 – International College Counselors

College Spotlight (54:40): College Spotlight-Mark interviews Martha Stolze, the Director of Admissions at Beloit College-3 of 3

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