Interview 213: Andy Strickler on “Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and ED2”
The player may not work on Safari Andy shares how Early Decision helps colleges Andy tells us whether having 45-48% of the class coming in ED is intentional or whether it just works out this way Andy shares why he doesn’t want the incoming class to be more than 50% of the incoming class Andy [...]
Interview 212: How Polygence matches students with research projects in their areas of interest, an interview with co-founder, Jin Chow
The player may not work on Safari Jin Chow is not only the founder of Polygence but she is a recipient of the Forbes award for 30 under 30 movers and shakers in education. Jin gives her backstory, and she shares why she started Polygence Jin explains what Polygence does Jin explains the growth of [...]
Interview 211: Fabrizio D’ Aloisio on “Understanding The University of Tennessee”
The player may not work on Safari Fabrizio explains his backstory, including why he chose to come to work at the University of Tennessee Mark explains what Fabrizio said to me on him on visit to Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), which made him want Fabrizio to come on the podcast Fabrizio explains the importance of the 3 [...]
Interview 210: Gloria and Terry Crawford, Founders of “Glimpse Videos” answer FAQ about Glimpse Videos and College Admissions
The player may not work on Safari Terry and Gloria share the history of Glimpse Gloria shares why they changed the name from Elevator Pitch to “Glimpse.” Terry gives an overview of Glimpse video, and he shares the need that Glimpse video meets in the marketplace, and then Gloria adds some additional reasons why Glimpse [...]
Interview 209: David Hawkins on “What matters the most when colleges make admission decisions”
The player may not work on Safari David gives his bio, and he shares his current role I introduce our topic: What does the research show about how colleges make decisions? We look at Factors in College Admissions David explains the history of the development of the NACAC, State of College Admissions Report David talks [...]
Interview 208: Jay Rosner on “How to best prepare for the ACT or SAT”
The player may not work on Safari Jay shares his background with the SAT and ACT Jay, lets us know how many weeks in advance of the test you should start to study Jay explains why he believes test-takers are performers Jay explains how preparation for the ACT and SAT is analogous to becoming a [...]
Interview 207: Erin Wolfe on “18 Reasons Why Financial Aid Awards Differ Significantly From One College To Another”
The player may not work on Safari Erin gives her backstory Erin shares reason #1 - Different costs Erin shares reason #2 - Different policies on gapping versus meeting full need Erin shares reason #3 - Different income protection allowances Erin shares reason #4 - Different asset protection allowances Erin talks about reason five why [...]
Interview 206: Andy Strickler on “Athletic Pre-reads”
The player may not work on Safari You can also listen on Episode 457, Episode 459, Episode 461, Episode 463, Episode 465, Episode 467, and Episode 469
Interview 205: David Graves on “Understanding UGA”
The player may not work on Safari David gives his background, his bio, and the multiple roles he has had in his 27 years at UGA David shares how UGA has changed since he arrived in the 1990s David shares what his elevator pitch is when someone says, Tell me more about UGA David and [...]
Interview 204: “Honors Section”
The player may not work on Safari In this segment five of the co-hosts of the Your College-Bound Kid podcast have a roundtable discussion of how to properly complete the Honors Section of the Common Application. The questions that are answered were audibly submitted by our listeners. You will hear the listeners' question and the [...]
Interview 203: “How to complete the Activity Section of the Common Application”
The player may not work on Safari In this segment five of the co-hosts of the Your College-Bound Kid podcast have a roundtable discussion of how to properly complete the Activity Section of the Common Application. The questions that are answered were submitted by our listeners. In some instances, the co-hosts also answered additional questions [...]
Interview 202: “How to select a college when you have multiple options”
The player may not work on Safari In this segment, you will hear a profound question from a listener from Texas, asking the question, how is my student supposed to decide which school to select when she has multiple quality options. YCBK co-host Julia Esquivel starts out by sharing her insights approach to this question. [...]
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