In this week’s episode you will hear

Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 3 of 4

Preview Part 3 of 4 :

• Andy responds to a few reasons Mark has heard that the ED2 admit rate is lower than the ED1 admit rate
• Andy answers the question, why do some colleges choose to have one round of Early Decision instead of two rounds, do they see having a second round of ED2 as a stigma
• Andy shares his thoughts on the practice of taking a student who applied Early Action and trying to flip them to Early Decision 2
• Andy talks about a student who applies ED2 before they hear from their ED1 school; he shares what they should do if this happens

Mark interviews Jin Chow. Part 1-Preview:

• Jin Chow is not only the founder of Polygence but she is a recipient of the Forbes award for 30 under 30 movers and shakers in education. I explained in part 3 of this interview how I was once a skeptic of Polygence but how their company in particular and Jin’s values and core beliefs won me over, but I asked her some tough questions in this interview, especially in part 2 and a little in part 3 and Jin answered my tough questions exceptionally well
• Jin gives her backstory, and she shares why she started Polygence
• Jin explains what Polygence does
• Jin explains the growth of Polygence
• Jin explains what launch pad is
• Jin shares where most of their students come from
• Jin explains to us what pods are
• Jin explains what their cost structure is for all three levels that they offer
• Jin talks about the industry experts and academics that work with the students
• Jin walks us through what happens in a session with a mentee and a mentor
• Jin shares the range of areas where they have academics and industry experts to work with students
• Jin tells us how long the research papers that students write?

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