In this week’s episode you will hear

Question #1 from a listener (2:50): Julia joins me to answer a question from Cortnie from Connecticut and she wants to know if it is true that sometimes a college blacklists a high school they are not happy with. (Length 17 minutes)

Question #2 from a listener (19:04): Carter, a student from VA asks a question and we also have a question from an anonymous listener, both questions have to do with preparation for med school. Susan joins me to answer these questions, Part 2 of 2 (Length 22 minutes)

Interview #1-Lisa interviews Adrienne Amador-Oddi – Part 1 of 2 (41:32):

• Adrienne shares why financial aid is important to her personally
• Adrienne tells us what SAI and EFC are and she explains what these terms are and how they are calculated
• Lisa and Adrienne have a good conversation about why financial aid is so confusing, especially when you are talking about colleges that require the CSS Profile
• Lisa and Adrienne talk about a school with an expensive sticker price may end up costing the same as your state school
• Adrienne talks about appealing an aid award
• Adrienne talks about how important it is for a family to be very specific in their request for additional money
• Adrienne gives a very concrete example of how a conversation for a school to re-consider their original financial offer that is productive looks like (Length 18 minutes)

Interview #2: Mark Stucker and Bob McMahan, President of Kettering University – Preview of Part 1 of 5 (59:15):

• Bob gives us his backstory
• Bob gives us the history of Kettering University
• Bob explains Kettering very unique approach to education
• Bob explains how Kettering’s co-op is different from all other co-op programs in the country.
• Bob talks about the impressive ROI of Kettering graduates

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