Podcast Episodes

Introduction : Kate Stricklan shares her background and then Susan and Kate discussed some of the hot topics college counselors and admission officers were discussing at the recent NACAC conference in Columbus, Ohio. This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Layla on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:56): Hilary and Mark discuss some new ways that were revealed at the recent Slate conference that AI is being used in college admissions (Length 37 minutes) This week’s interview (38:04): Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 3 of [...]

In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question : Mark answers a queston from a listener about whether playing a varsity sport in college hurts you from getting a job after college. This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Layla on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website [...]

In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (2:00): Vince and Mark answer a question from a listener about the lawsuit against Early Decision. Vince and Mark answer this by discussing a recent article on this topic. (Length 28 minutes) This week’s interview (30:34): Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How [...]

Introduction (9:18) : Lisa and Lynda discuss Lisa’s recent visit to the University of New Hampshire (Length 22 minutes) Question From a Student (31:42) : A student at Berry College who is considering law school, asks a few questions about law school. Jon and Jeff, our two law school partners answer the question. This is [...]

In this week's episode you will hear This week’s question (2:08): Hilary and Mark answer a question from a student from mom from suburban Philly and she wants to know how colleges read athletes that won’t play at their college. Hilary and Mark also discuss our thoughts on passion projects. (Length 34 minutes) This week’s [...]

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 [...]