In this week’s episode you will hear

Question 1 (3:02): Hillary and Mark answer a question from Dale from Virginia. Dale wants to know how the demographic cliff will impact admission decisions (Length 13 minutes)

Question 2 (16:40): Lisa and Lynda answer a question from a mom from California who wants to know if Columbia University should be avoided because of the protests going on at the campus. (Length 5 minutes)

This week’s interview (21:46): Jennifer Mandel from Milwaukee shares her experience of having a student attending a large business school is different from having a student attend a medium size business schools (Length 19 minutes)

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

College Spotlight Interview 2 (40:31): Mark Stucker and Bob McMahan, President of Kettering University – Preview of Part 4 of 5

• Bob tells us about the additional personal qualities that Kettering looks for, things that make an applicant pop in the application process
• Bob tells us the role essays play in admissions
• Bob tells us about the role recommendations play in the admissions process
• Bob tells us about interviews and demonstrated interest
• Bob talks about how they discern if a student has bought in to their unique model
• Bob talks about the importance of a campus visit
• Mark asks Bob how many people go into work in the automotive industry
• Bob answers the question, what have we not discussed that is important

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