Podcast Episodes

Introduction : This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Alana Anderson on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under the resources tab and then either watch the committee discussion, or listen to it Here is a link for our new YCBK listener survey so you can take the survey: [...]

Introduction : Mark shares two admissions tips from students and he discusses Cal Tech’s new test score policy. Lisa leads a panel discussion of five parents, all listeners of YCBK. The parents open up and reveal the pressure their student faces at school to go to an elite college. Here is a link for our [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:42): Vince joins Mark to discuss an article that ran in the Duke Chronicle about Duke admitting 50 students off the waitlist in August. Vince and Mark discuss why this is happening and whether it is happening at other colleges. Mark continues to share insights [...]

Introduction : Mark shares two major decisions that were revealed this week, one is about the legality of withholding NIH funding, and the other one is about College Board’s Landscape product Lisa leads a panel discussion of five parents, all listeners of YCBK. The parents open up and reveal the pressure their student faces at [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (5:52): Hilary joins Mark to discuss whether a student should make their eating disorder the subject of their Personal Statement. Mark continues to share insights from an article that the Chronicle of Higher Education Ran Entitled, “The Money Problem No College Can Escape” (Length 35 [...]

Introduction : Susan Tree joins Mark to interview Bob Massa; Bob has 50 years’ experience in admissions and enrollment management, and he shares his insights with us 5 Students ask two partners questions about being an attorney-Part 5 of 5 We end this episode with Jon Wishnia’s wife, Sophie Wests new solo that was just [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:00): Vince joins Mark to discuss a NYT Article entitled, “Columbia and Brown Share Race and Admissions Data in Trump Deal”. Mark continues to share insights from an article that the Chronicle of Higher Education Ran Entitled, “The Money Problem No College Can Escape” (Length [...]

Introduction : Susan Tree joins Mark to interview Bob Massa; Bob has 50 years’ experience in admissions and enrollment management, and he shares his insights with us 5 Students ask two partners questions about being an attorney-Part 4 of 5 Here is a link for our new YCBK listener survey so you can take the [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:55): Mark continues to share insights from an article that the Chronicle of Higher Education Ran Entitled, “The Money Problem No College Can Escape” (Length 13 minutes) This week’s question (14:22): Lisa and Lynda answer a question from an applicant who wants to know what [...]

Introduction : Susan Tree joins Mark to interview Bob Massa; Bob has 50 years’ experience in admissions and enrollment management, and he shares his insights with us Mark makes some comments about the new LinkedIn College rankings 5 Students ask two partners questions about being an attorney-Part 3 of 5 Here is a link for [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:08): Vince and Mark discuss a August 6th article that ran in the Stanford Daily, Stanford’s newspaper about how Stanford will continue supporting legacy admissions, despite the California law that passed to outlaw it. (Length 29 minutes) This week’s interview (33:00): Peg Keogh Interview-Missed Opportunities [...]

Introduction : 5 Students ask two partners questions about being an attorney. A blurb about our new YCBK listener survey. Here is a link so you can take the survey: https://forms.gle/3fSTNw5uUFUxaw3F8 Interview : Susan Tree joins Mark to interview Bob Massa, Bob has 50 years’ experience in admissions and enrollment management and he shares his [...]