Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (28:58): Mark and Susan introduce an article entitled, A New Push to Assess “Character in College Admissions”. Susan and Mark spend the first 30 minutes talking about a range of admission topics and then they dive in and discuss this July 27th Eric Hoover article. [...]

Introduction : Mark shares something personal that is exhilarating and something personal that is excruciating with the listeners Mark shares three reasons why test scores are important to colleges How parents can prepare their students for the drastic change from high school to college, an interview with Dr. Andrea Brenner, author of How to College [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:37): Mark and Vince discuss an October article that appeared in several Ohio Newspapers entitled, Miami University Cuts Programs Amid Financial Challenges and Low Enrollment-Part 2 of 2 (Length 28 minutes) This week’s question (30:00): Lisa and Mark discuss a Speakpipe question about School Profiles [...]

Introduction: Mark takes 11 college majors to show how colleges often take advantage of what their geographic area is known for. This may be one way to identify possible schools that may be very good at what your student is interested in. How parents can prepare their students for the drastic change from high school [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (24:30): Mark and Vince discuss an October article that appeared in several Ohio Newspapers entitled, Miami University Cuts Programs Amid Financial Challenges and Low Enrollment (Length 11 minutes) This week’s question (35:15): Lisa and Susan discuss a Speakpipe question from Damian about whether to disclose [...]

Introduction: Mark explains what you can learn about admissions about standardized test scores from the most recent State of College admissions NACAC admissions survey for 2023 What you need to know about AI, an interview with AI expert, Chris Chilbert-Part 2 of 2 Chris Chilbert-Interview. Preview of Part 2: Chris gives us his recommendations for [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (15:05): Mark and Julia discuss an article that appeared in the New York Times on 9/26/2023 by Susan Dominus entitled, “There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys This Year”. Julia and I discuss the gender gap in college and how some [...]

Introduction: Mark explains what you can learn about admissions from the most recent State of College admissions NACAC admissions survey for 2023 What you need to know about AI, an interview with AI expert, Chris Chilbert Chris Chilbert-Interview - Preview of Part 1: Chris gives his bio Chris talks about the buzz that is around [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (10:14): Mark and Dave discuss a recent article by Rachel Shin of the Atlantic that looks at how some clubs at Yale and other universities have become so hard to get into that they are absurdly competitive. Dave and I discuss why these clubs have [...]

Introduction : Mark explains the very exciting new SAVE plan. This income driven repayment is a Game Changer and Mark is so excited to discuss this with you Student Life on the Importance of Student Engagement. Part 4 of 4 Dr. Eric Neubuehl interview-The importance of Student Engagement. Preview of Part 4: Lisa asks Erik, [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:28): Mark and Julia and Susan discuss the hot topics that admissions officers and college counselors discuss at the annual NACAC conference in September in Baltimore. Susan picks two workshops that stood out to her and Julia picked two workshops that she thought were enlightening [...]

Introduction : Mark gives an update on the New FAFSA that is coming out in December Mark shares insights from a 2007 article about college rankings Mark shares a dozen tips to help student’s write a more effective Personal Statement Student Life on the Importance of Student Engagement. Part 3 of 4 Preview of Part [...]