In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (6:50): Mark and Julia discuss why some colleges are moving away from requirinteacher recommendations. (Length 22 minutes)

This week’s question (28:10): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, Vince Garcia, Susan Tree and Mark Stucker and they answer a question, how can I know if the college I am interested in is struggling financially (Length 17 minutes)

This week’s interview (45:35): David Graves, a 27-year veteran of the admission office at the University of Georgia does a 2-hour deep dive into helping us understand the University of Georgia-Part 4 of 5. Preview of Part 4

• David talks the difference between their in-state yield and their out of state yield for admitted applicants
• We turn our attention to some of the strongest programs at UGA; David tell us more about the Grady school of Journalism
• David tells us more about The Terry School of Business
• David tells us more about Double Dawgs program
• David tells us more about the UGA Honors College
• David talks about animal science
• David talks about food and nutrition
• David talks about the Sports Management major

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : returns October 10th

College Spotlight : The University of Georgia

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