YCBK 593: Can Admission Officers Tell If Students Get Help With Their Essays?
In this week's episode you will hear Question from a Listener 1 (2:47): Hilary and Mark answer a question from an anonymous listener who wants to know if an admission officer can tell when a student gets help with their college essays (Length 16 minutes) Question from a Listener 2 (18:24): Kate and Susan join [...]
YCBK 592: Elite Colleges are Steering Most Kids to 3 Professions! Is this wrong?
Introduction : Mark and Vince talk about a range of topics-Part 2 of 2 New Interview-Evan Mandery-How America's Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers—and Misery Preview of Part 1 of 3 : m Evan gives his background m Evan talks his book Poison Ivy and he tells us how it lead to a non-profit organization, called, [...]
YCBK 591: What College Grads Need To Do To Land Quality Jobs
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:10): Vince and Mark just chit-chat and discuss a range of topics about colleges and college admissions-Part 1 of 2 (Length 30 minutes) This week’s interview (33:07): Interview: Mark interviews Jin Chow, the Founder of Polygence, but now they have a new exciting service called, [...]
YCBK 590: More Controversy Over Tulane Putting 4 High Schools On A 1 Year ED Ban
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark expands on what he said about colleges waiving application fees and Mark reads multiple responses he received from people who heard the discussion about Tulane penalizing four high schools by not allowing their students to apply Early Decision to Tulane for a year. New Interview-Dr. [...]
YCBK 590: More Controversy Over Tulane Putting 4 High Schools On A 1 Year ED Ban
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark expands on what he said about colleges waiving application fees and Mark reads multiple responses he received from people who heard the discussion about Tulane penalizing four high schools by not allowing their students to apply Early Decision to Tulane for a year. New Interview-Dr. [...]
YCBK 589: Was Tulane Justified By Punishing a HS When a Student Rejected Tulane’s ED Acceptance
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (5:56): Vince and Mark discuss an article that appeared in the New York Times onn October 26, 2025, entitled, “An Early-Decision Student Backed Out of Tulane. Tulane Punished High School. (Length 33 minutes) This week’s interview (38:05): Interview: Mark interviews Jin Chow, the Founder of [...]
YCBK 588: You Got Into College! Now What Do You Do?
Introduction : Heath Einstein answers two questions that listeners sent in about teacher recommendations: Mark Stucker gives us another addition of: Admissions Vernacular, The Big Number, an Admissions Tip and He Brings Back an Old School Favorite, “What is grinding hs gears” New Interview-Dr. Jay Hamilton, Stanford professor and author of the book, “You Got [...]
YCBK 587: Insights Into How Admission Decisions Are Made That Are Rarely Shared in Public
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (11:06): Andy Strickler shares some more information about AP Tests scores, but then Andy and Mark transition to discuss a range of other ways that admissions files are read that are usually kept in secret, and are rarely shared publicly (Length 26 minutes) This week’s [...]
YCBK 587: Insights Into How Admission Decisions Are Made That Are Rarely Shared in Public
In this week's episode you will hear Results from our 507 listeners are shared In the News (11:06): Andy Strickler shares some more information about AP Tests scores, but then Andy and Mark transition to discuss a range of other ways that admissions files are read that are usually kept in secret, and are rarely [...]
YCBK 586: What Do Colleges Want To See In Teacher Recommendations-3 of 3
Introduction : Kate and Susan answer a question from a mom whose daughter is struggling with her gender identity, and she has been bullied, and she wonders if this is a good essay topic for her to write on Heath Einstein explains to us what colleges want to see in teacher recommendations: Preview of Part [...]
YCBK 585: All 39 AP Courses Rated As Most Rigorous or Just Rigorous
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:45): Andy Strickler and Mark Stucker discuss all 39 AP Courses. Andy gives his opinion which ones are the most rigorous (Length 20 minutes) This week’s Interview (23:27): Mark interviews Stephen Master, an expert in Sports Management Careers. They discuss “Opportunities for Careers In Sports [...]
YCBK 584: What Do Colleges Want To See In Teacher Recommendations-2 of 3
Introduction : Mark shares some recommended resources to help families and he also answers a question from a listener. Heath Einstein explains to us what colleges want to see in teacher recommendations: Preview Part 2 : I replay what Heath said about persistence and grit because I thought it was that important Heath and I [...]
Latest Comments