YCBK 451: How Do Colleges Evaluate the Rigor of Under-resourced HS That Do Not Have AP Courses
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:35): Mark and Julia answer a question about how colleges evaluate the rigor of under-resourced high schools that do not have many AP courses (Length 25 minutes) This week’s question (28:44): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and Mark) and we discuss a [...]
YCBK 450: The ACT is Overhauling its Test: Here are the Changes They are Making
Introduction : o Mark shares the new changes that were announced this week o Mark and Julia interview Jay Rosner on the Inherent Flaws with the ACT and the SAT-Part 1 of 4 Part 1 Preview : § Julia does an intro of Jay Rosner and then Jay goes into more depth about his background [...]
YCBK 449: Enrollment Management: The Invisible Hand that Controls Admissions Decisions
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:25): Mark and Lisa answer the question from a listener: How can you know if a college makes holistic admissions decisions or whether they admit students by the number (Length 10 minutes) This week’s question (12:40): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and [...]
YCBK 448: Wake Forest and U Chicago Offer Early Decisions Months Before Other Colleges
Introduction: Mark and Julia discuss colleges that offer a binding early program months before their competitors, listen to learn about this unique way to apply to Wake Forest and to the University of Chicago. The two programs are similar in some ways but very different in other ways. After 5 years, Colonel Robert Kirkland is [...]
YCBK 447: The New Tactic Families are Using to Earn Scholarships and Pay Less For College-Part 2
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:45): Mark and Julia discuss waitlists and then they discuss an article by Jeff Selingo entitled, “The New Trick Families are using to Lower Tuition” Part 2 of 2 (Length 23 minutes) This week’s question (26:57): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and [...]
YCBK 446: Missed Opportunity: Not Getting All the Adults on The Same Page
Introduction : Mark shares six different groups of parents where he has seen conflict. Mark explains eight or nine areas where conflict arises on the college process. After 5 years, Colonel Robert Kirkland is back, Lynda interviews Rob on the Service Academies of West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force-Part 3 of 4 [...]
YCBK 445: The New Tactic Families are Using to Earn Scholarships and Pay Less For College
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (25:20): Mark and Julia discuss waitlists and then they discuss an article by Jeff Selingo entitled, “The New Trick Families are using to Lower Tuition” Part 1 of 2 (Length 24 minutes) This week’s question (49:28): Our roundtable is back (Hillary, Susan, Julia, Vince and [...]
YCBK 444: Is It Okay if My Student Only Applies To 5 or 6 Colleges
Introduction : Mark shares one missed opportunity when it comes to the college admission journey Lisa and Mark discuss an answer to a question from Kerry from suburban Chicago, she wants to know, in this age of students applying to 20 or so schools, is it okay if my student applies to only five or [...]
YCBK 443: What Curriculum Gets Top Marks for Rigor at a Highly-Resourced High School
In this week's episode you will hear Question from a listener: Number 1 (2:08): Mark and Julia answer a question, If a student attends a highly resourced schools, what does a student have to do to get top grades for rigor (Length 29 minutess) Question from a listener: Number 2 (31:28): Our roundtable is back [...]
YCBK 442: 50 Questions About Money To Talk to Your Student About When It Comes to College
Introduction : Mark shares one missed opportunity when it comes to the college admission journey After 5 years, Colonel Robert Kirkland is back, Lynda interviews Rob on the Service Academies-Part 1 of 4 Preview : Part 1-Preview Rob was first on our podcast in August of 2019, but I interviewed him in June of 2019, [...]
YCBK 441: If a Student Does Something Meaningful For Only 3 Days, Does it Go in Their Application
In this week's episode you will hear Question from a listener: Number 1 (4:28) : We have two Questions from listeners today. Susan and Julia answer a question, If something really bad happened at your high school before you got there, should you discuss it? (Length 7 minutes) Question from a listener: Number 2 (11:52): [...]
YCBK 440: The Importance of “Fit” When Selecting a College-Michael Keaton Interview
Introduction : Two of our listeners share advice from things they learned from going through the college process Mark interviews Michael Keaton, the VP of Enrollment at Ursinus College on “The Importance of Fit” Preview : Julia and I interview Michael Keaton for the third of a trilogy of interviews we did with Michael, the [...]
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