Interview 234: Jennifer Mandel

- Jennifer gives her backstory as a parent of really four business majors, as an educator, and as a social worker
- We introduce our topic for the day: The opportunity that clubs present for college students
- Jennifer explains all the benefits of college clubs; she talks about her kids’ experience with clubs, and she gives us some tips for what to do to get through the competitive process of joining some of the more selective clubs
- Jennifer discusses the differences between large colleges and mid-size colleges for the student experience
- Jennifer explains the mindset you need to have to excel in business at a place like Madison, and she compares the experience her youngest son is having at TCU vs the experience of her middle student, who is at UW-Madison
- Mark shares a few experiences I have had with students having impostor syndrome
- Jennifer shares what she wants families to know when they are trying to decide between a mid-size vs a large school
- Jennifer shares some people that students should meet with
- Jennifer shares some of the supports the mid-size school offers.
- Jennifer and Mark discuss a question from a listener, Diana from Idaho, and Jen shares her own son’s experience
- Jennifer and Mark transition to our last topic, and Jennifer talks about how her view of student loans changed
- Jennifer goes on the hotseat

