YCBK 475: Do Colleges See Your Senior Year Grades When They Make Admission Decisions
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (3:36): Mark and Julia discuss whether colleges see your senior year grades when they made admissions decisions (Length 14 minutes) This week’s question (17:26): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, Vince Garcia, Susan Tree and Mark Stucker and they answer a [...]
YCBK 474: Direct Admissions Is Spreading Rapidly But There Are So Many Versions of Direct Admissions
Introduction : Mark explains the different versions of Direct Admissions. Direct Admissions had so much buzz at the NACAC conference. Rank these from 1 to 29 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 [...]
YCBK 473: Why Is The Common App Asking My Student About Her Future Plans After College
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (10:50): Mark and Julia discuss SlideRoom, what is it and what tips do we have for students using SlideRoom? (Length 11 minutes) This week’s question (21:40): Our Roundtable is back; this time it is Hillary Dickman, Vince Garcia, Susan Tree and Mark Stucker and they [...]
YCBK 472: If a College Doesn’t Use Test Scores In Decisions, Does it Hurt To Send High Scores
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 [...]
YCBK 471: How To Know If A College Your Student Is Interested In Is Struggling Financially
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 [...]
YCBK 470: 17 Reasons Why What a Student Is Asked To Pay Varies So Much From College to College-Part 2
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 [...]
YCBK 469: Should You Send Support An AP Score of 5 To A Highly Selective College
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, [...]
YCBK 468: 17 Reasons Why What a Student Is Asked To Pay Varies So Much From College to College
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 [...]
YCBK 467: How Athletic Recruiting Works at Selective Universities-Part 6 of 7
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 [...]
YCBK 466: A Creative Idea To Help You Build A Customized Way of Evaluating Colleges
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 [...]
YCBK 465: David Graves Does a Two Hour Deep Dive on The University of Georgia-Part 1 of 5
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 [...]
YCBK 464: One Way To Reduce The Stress Of The College Admissions Process
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 [...]
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