Introduction : Jennifer Mandel, a college counselor with Mark at School Match 4U, joins Mark to discuss her thoughts on whether Parent College Facebook groups are helpful or toxic? Jen has been involved in three different groups, at three different colleges in three different states.

Peter Pitts interview-Part 3 of 3 :

• Peter highlights overlooked benefits of small colleges
• I ask Peter what a student should do if they visit a college and they link it is too small.
• Peter and I discuss how size can’t only be judged by the number of students
• Peter shares one thing he wants listeners to know that we haven’t discussed very much
• Peter goes on the hotseat
• After the interview I think of an important question, so I email Peter and he responds, the question is one I am sometimes asked by parents-What do I say to the parent who says to me, I don’t want my student to go through the rest of their lives explaining to people where they went to college because no one has heard of it-you have to hear how Peter answers this question

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