Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares an outstanding recommended resource if you want to know how colleges shape their classes, something that selective private colleges are doing right now. Dr. Andrew Hoffman video - Inside Class Shaping: How Elite Colleges Finalize Admissions Decisions Interview-Student Athlete Advisors-Part 1 of 4 : [...]

In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (2:40): In Our Question from a Listener-Carter joins Mark to respond to a comment from a listener who wants our opinion on why more dads are not involved in learning more and helping their kids with college (Length 15 minutes) This week’s interview (17:56): Mark [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares a way students can save tens of thousands of dollars off of their college bill that many people do not know about. Elena Hicks, the Assistant Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions at SMU, helps us to understand Southern Methodist University (SMU) in this [...]

In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (1:45): In Our Question from a Listener-Hilary joins Mark to answer a few questions: How does a student let a college know they will not be accepting their admission offer; who do they tell; when do they communicate this? (Length 24 minutes) This week’s interview [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark does a two-part series that looks at outside of external scholarships. Mark answers the question, what are the nine reasons why so many students do not apply for external scholarships in part 1. In part 2, on Episode 614, Mark gives tips for how to [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:05): In Our Question from a Listener-Carter joins Mark to answer a question from a mom who wants her son to be authentic in his application, but he only wants to play video games, and she wonders how admission officers will perceive this (Length 18 [...]

Introduction: Mark does a two-part series that looks at outside of external scholarships. Mark answers the question, what are the nine reasons why so many students do not apply for external scholarships in part 1. In part 2, on Episode 613, Mark gives tips for how to win outside scholarships. Elena Hicks, the Assistant Vice [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:48): In the News-Hilary and Kate join Mark to discuss an article that appears in USA Today that asks the question, “Are parent Facebook groups helpful or toxic”? Rachel Hale is the author of the article, which is entitled: “College, parent Facebook groups and when [...]

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 [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:08): In the News-Hilary and Kate join Mark to discuss an article that appears in USA Today that asks the question, “Are parent Facebook groups helpful or toxic”? Rachel Hale is the author of the article, which is entitled: “College, parent Facebook groups and when [...]

Introduction : Jennifer Mandel, a college counselor with Mark at School Match 4U, joins Mark to discuss how college policies differ when it comes to requiring you to sign up for their health care plan, or how to notify them that you already have health care coverage. Peter Pitts interview-Part 2 of 3 : Peter [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:54) : Mark interviews Lisa and Lynda about their new book, “The Calm College Method” (Length 25 minutes) This week’s question (27:18): Susan joins Mark to answer a question from Andrew, a listener from Oregon (Length 27 minutes) This week’s interview (54:27): Interview-Susan Brisson-Olin College [...]