Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (8:58): Vince and Mark discuss an article written by Mari McQuaid, a former MIT admission officer entitled: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid. Vince will discuss four of the 10 mistakes in part 1 with Mark and Julie will finish the remaining reasons with part [...]

Introduction: Mark shares highlights and lowlights of the 300 episodes of YCBK Lisa answers the Speakpipe question, How flexible are financial aid deadlines? Jamie from Montana Mark interviews Mitch Warren, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Admissions at Purdue University. Title: Understanding Purdue, 3 of 3   Our favorite way for you to leave a [...]

Introduction: Mark shares a half dozen Higher Ed updates. Lynda answers the Speakpipe question, How to evaluate what engineering programs are a good match for your kid. Mark interviews Mitch Warren, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Admissions at Purdue University. Title: Understanding Purdue, 2 of 3 Preview Part 2: Mitch explains whether you can [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (12:38): Dave and Mark discuss an article in the Tulane University admission blog by the Director of Admission Engagement, Owen Knight. The article was written on Sept 16, 2022 and it is entitled, “What’s the Deal with engagement”. Mark and Dave discuss what engagement is [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction: Mark shares a half dozen Higher Ed updates. Mark interviews Mitch Warren, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Admissions at Purdue University. Title: Understanding Purdue, 1 of 3 Preview of Part 1: Mitch tells us how he got into college admissions; he explains the jobs he had [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (16:05): Dave and Mark discuss an article in Higher Ed Drive by Jeremy Bauer entitled, “7 higher-educational trends to watch in 2023. (Length 22 minutes) This week’s question (44:28): Lisa and Mark discuss a question Laura from Maryland sent in via Speakpipe: Why does the [...]

In this week's episode... Introduction : Mark shares higher ed updates on five different topics Mark interviews Hillary Dickman, the Assistant Director of Admissions at Colorado College on the topic of, “What is FERPA and how does it relate to your student” Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (26:36) : Julia and Mark discuss who are the students that are driving up the number of applications at selective colleges? What can we learn by a recent study that looks at the college application patterns of students. https://www.highereddive.com/news/common-app-high-sat-private-school-application-increase/638459/ (Length 19 minutes) This week’s [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark lets listeners know what are the 16 blog articles that Mark and Lisa have written so far. Mark interviews Hillary Dickman, the Assistant Director of Admissions at Colorado College on the topic of a creative way to see how many spots are available at selective [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (15:42) : Evan Mandery writes for Mother Jones in an article that went live on 10-31-2022. The article looks at what it refers to as, “The dirty secrets of elite college admissions”. The article is officially titled, “The Supreme Court is about to kill [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares six Higher Ed updates on topics as wide-ranging as Rick Singer, Hillary Clinton, Ron DeSantis, US News and World Report and Columbia University Mark interviews Hillary Dickman, the Assistant Director of Admissions at Colorado College on the topic of how the Early Decision 2 [...]