In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (2:18):
Julia and Mark discuss an article that was co-written Matt Barnum and Douglas Belkin that appeared in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Is Loneliness as Bad for Students as Smoking? The article appeared on Nov 12th, 2024 in the Chronicle for Higher Ed and it was co-written by Jack Stripling. Part 1 of 2 (Length 23 minutes)

This week’s question (25:18): Susan and Mark answer a question from a Pennsylvania mom who wants to know how her son should communicate his lack of rigor in his application in the first few years of high school? (Length 29 minutes)

This week’s interview (54:52): Interview: What to do if you are deferred? Rick Clark, Georgia Tech – Preview of Part 1 of 3

Rick Clark is the Executive Director of Strategic Student Access at Georgia Tech. We discuss the proper way to handle the four different admissions decisions.

1. What is a deferral
2. what ways you have seen students and parents respond to a deferral?
3. How should a student respond to a deferral?
4. Can you share the ways in which colleges and universities communicate decisions?
5. Does a deferral mean different things to different schools? (Length 22 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : N/A

College Spotlight (1:16:57): DePauw University

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