YCBK 650: The Importance of the First Six Weeks of the Freshman Year!
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : We play several comments that listeners sent in about what is grinding their gears and Mark shares his thoughts on their messages Mark shares a major announcement about a change that is coming to Your College-Bound Kid Mark reads Part 5 of 11 articles the Chronicle [...]
YCBK 649: How To Use A Game to Help You Successfully Transition to College
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : We play several comments that listeners sent in This week’s question : Hilary joins Mark to discuss how, being interested in a major that a college does not offer can impact your admission decision. Mark and Hilary does 3/2 programs. Mark reads Part 4 of 11 [...]
YCBK 648: Can AO Tell if Parent’s Fingerprints are on the Student’s Activities & Essays
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Susan joins mark to answer a follow-up question about whether a student without impressive extracurricular activities that they will be bringing to their college can get in a selective college Financial Crisis - The Chronicles for Higher Ed : Mark reads Part 3 of 11 articles [...]
YCBK 647: Dean Christina Lopez Explains A Major Change for Colleges Coming In July
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction: Mark reads Part 2 of 11 articles the Chronicle for Higher Ed released o the dire financial crisis colleges face This week’s question (10:25): Christina Lopez and Mark discuss a question from a listener about the Parent Plus loan changes Mark explains new creative and aggressive recruiting [...]
YCBK 646: New Creative Recruiting Methods Admissions Officers Are Using
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction: Mark explains some major changes we will be making at Your College-Bound Kid is making. Mark reads Part 1 of 11 articles the Chronicle for Higher Ed released o the dire financial crisis colleges face Mark explains new creative and aggressive recruiting colleges are using This week’s [...]
YCBK 645: Is It Okay If My Student Waits to Visit Colleges After Acceptances
In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (22:22): Kate and Mark answer a question from a listener from the Northeast (Length 35 minutes) Mark interviews Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” on the topic of, what is the value of a Liberal Arts education (57:58): Preview-Part 1 § Dan [...]
YCBK 644: Why It Is Hard for Admission Officers To Predict Which Students Will Come
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Why the University of Florida adding Early Decision is so significant Mark talks about some new and creative ways AO’s are using AI -Part 2 : Mark interviews Andy Strickler about the challenges college admission leaders faced in 2026. We focus on predictive modeling in this [...]
YCBK 643: The Pros and Cons of Colleges With 500 or Less Students
In this week's episode you will hear Question #1 (Small Colleges) (4:15) : Hilary and Mark answer a question from a listener from Minneapolis who wants to know why there is so little conversation about colleges with under 500 students (Length 21 minutes) Question #2 (HBCU's) (25:32): Mark takes a question from a listener from [...]
YCBK 642: Admission Officers are Using AI in New and Creative Ways
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark talks about some new and creative ways AO’s are using AI This week’s interview : Mark interviews Andy Strickler about the challenges college admission leaders faced in 2026. Part 2-Preview o We continue our conversation about the reasons why Connecticut College is adding Early Action [...]
YCBK 641: Why Some College Info Is Too Sensitive To Share with Parents
In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (5:01): Hilary and Mark answer a question from a listener from Cincinnati who wants to know why the high school will not share the School Profile with him (Length 19 minutes) This week’s interview (24:44): Lisa interviews Suzanne Hanna and they discuss tips to help [...]
YCBK 640: Why Do So Many Admission Leaders Say 2026 Was Their Hardest Year Ever
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares two special events coming up no 6/1 and 10/6 for YCBK listeners and then Hilary takes a question from a listener about the activity section of the application This week’s question : Jed Applerouth-Trends on the ACT and SAT and answers to listener questions [...]
YCBK 639: Why are Colleges Sending Recruitment Mail to My College Student
In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (3:05): Carter and Mark answer a question from a listener who wants to know why colleges are sending recruitment mail to her current college students. (Length 23 minutes) This week’s interview (26:04): Lisa interviews Suzanne Hanna and they discuss tips to help girls successfully transition [...]
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