Podcast Episodes

Introduction : Mark answers a question from a high school senior, if I did very well on my test scores and I am applying to colleges that do no use tet scores, is it okay if I let them know my scores in a clever way; Erin Wolfe, 18 Reasons why aid awards are all [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (6:50): Mark and Julia discuss why some colleges are moving away from requirinteacher recommendations. (Length 22 minutes) This week’s question (28:10): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, Vince Garcia, Susan Tree and Mark Stucker and they answer a question, how can [...]

Introduction: Mark shares a tip about applying Early Action. Mark lists the top California colleges that stood out in 20 categories. Mark interviews Erin Wolfe - Part 2-Preview: Friends, part 2 is going to really get deep in the weeds on how financial aid works as Erin continues to give reasons why if a student [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:06): Mark and Andy Stricker (Dean of Admissions at Connecticut College) discuss how does athletic recruiting work for students who are applying to selective colleges. 7 of 7 (Length 16 minutes) This week’s question (18:34): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, [...]

Introduction : Mark shares 5 takeaways from this 13 visits so far that he wants listeners to think about when visiting college Mark shares 28 Factors to Rank, from 1-26, according to what is important to your student and your family when you are building a college list 1. Most important factors: Take some time [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:40): Mark and Andy Stricker (Dean of Admissions at Connecticut College) discuss how does athletic recruiting work for students who are applying to selective colleges. 6 of 7 (Length 18 minutes) This week’s question (22:48): Kevin Newton answers a second question from Dale from Virginia [...]

Introduction : Most important factors: Take some time to look at the 27 factors to the left and rank the following things that matter a lot to some students and pick the 10 things from this list that matter the most to you and rank them from 1st to 10th, according to what you value [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News : Mark and Andy Stricker (Dean of Admissions at Connecticut College) discuss how does athletic recruiting work for students who are applying to selective colleges. 5 of 7 This week’s question : Kevin Newton answers a question from Dale from Virginia about how International Universities [...]

Introduction: Mark shares 16 college admission To Do’s that once you complete them, they will reduce your stress Vince interviews Sarah Lovely, an expert in admissions and the arts. 4 of 5 Preview of Part 4: Sarah continues discussing dance majors and she talks about students who want to dance for a dance company Sarah [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (6:28): Mark and Andy Stricker (Dean of Admissions at Connecticut College) discuss how does athletic recruiting work for students who are applying to selective colleges. 4 of 7 (Length 25 minutes) This week’s question (31:39): Mark flies solo to answer a question he is getting [...]

Introduction: Mark provides an update on four admission related hot topics that are in the news More states banning legacy admissions, which ones are also considering this How is Affirmative Action and mandatory test score requirements impacting the racial and ethnic diversity at MIT We discuss the survey results on a new study that looks [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:53): Mark and Andy Stricker (Dean of Admissions at Connecticut College) discuss how does athletic recruiting work for students who are applying to selective colleges. 3 of 9 (Length 17 minutes) This week’s question (18:44): Lisa joins Mark to discuss how students should respond to [...]