Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:50): Julia and Mark discuss an article by Eric Hoover from the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “States Are Taking on Fewer College Costs. Who is Picking Up the Bill” the article appeared in Higher Ed Dive on Nov 5th, 2024, and it was written [...]

Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 1 of 4 Preview of Part 2 of 4 : Andy answers 20 frequently asked questions about Early Decision in this interview Andy explains what the basic difference is between ED1 and ED2 Andy explains the behavioral [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:30): Julia and Mark discuss an article by Eric Hoover from the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, FAFSA Fiasco Changed Composition of First-Year Classes at Most Private Colleges (Length 11 minutes) This week’s question (13:22): Hillary and Mark answer a question from a student who [...]

Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 1 of 4 Preview Part 1 of 4: Andy answers 20 frequently asked questions about Early Decision in this interview Andy shares how Early Decision helps colleges Andy tells us whether having 45-48% of the class coming [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:37) : Hillary and Mark examine why some high schools may have a very poor track record of sending kids to a particular college, but how students and parents have to be very careful to not misinterpret what this means. (Length 11 minutes) This week’s [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Mark shares his thoughts on the election and then he shares the great debate that is emerging about the requirement for students to submit a letter from their college counselor. : Mark interviews David Hawkins. Factors in the Admission Decision - National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:29): Julia and Mark discuss an Inside Higher Ed Article by Liam Knox, entitled, “Higher Ed’s Antitrust Problem’ (Length 23 minutes) This week’s question (26:48): Mark and Hillary answer a question from a listener, and they share tips for when an admission officer comes to [...]

Mark and Susan discuss the history of NACAC and Susan shares what stood out to her at the NACAC conference. Mark interviews David Hawkins of NACAC, about factors 5-15 of the things that matter the most when admission decisions are made. : Rank these from 1 to 30 according to what is most important to [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:48): How does a transcript get to the colleges and whose responsibility is it to get the transcript to the colleges (Length 18 minutes) This week’s question (19:50): Mark and Hillary answer a question from a listener, and they discuss who a student should ask [...]

Mark explains how Canadian universities are different from American universities: Rank these from 1 to 30 according to what is most important to you in a college Area Surrounding the College Campus Beauty- Campus is contained, protected, and distinct from the area outside the campus Campus Setting (large city, small city, suburban, college town, remote) [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:20): Mark and Julia discuss whether a student needs to tell a college if they drop a course in the senior year after reporting that they would be taking the course in the 12th grade? (Length 6 minutes) This week’s question (8:22): Our Roundtable is [...]

Mark explains the different versions of Direct Admissions. Direct Admissions had so much buzz at the NACAC conference.: Rank these from 1 to 30 according to what is most important to you in a college Area Surrounding the College Campus Beauty- Campus is contained, protected, and distinct from the area outside the campus Campus Setting [...]