Interview 89: Chris Peterson and Kellen Manning on “Making Sense of Social Media”
Our interview is with two MIT admission officers who also have other roles at MIT. Petey and Kellen provide great insights into “what can a student learn from a college’s social media presence”. In this interview, Petey and Kellen discuss the following: Petey and Kellen give their backstory How MIT uniquely uses blogs, [...]
Interview 88: Mark Salisbury on “Understanding how TuitionFit Helps Students and Parents”
Mark gives his backstory Mark tells us why he started TuitionFit Mark explains how TuitionFit works Mark talks about how he gets these aid awards and how he convinces students, parents, or counselors, to submit their aid awards to TuitionFit Mark talks about the two core principles that TuitionFit was founded on [...]
Interview 87: Sylvia Borgo on “Understanding UCLA”
Sylvia Borgo is an alumna from UCLA. She is also a college counselor and she is one of the substitute co-hosts for YCBK. Sylvia lives in San Diego. This is the second college Spotlight Sylvia has done for Your College-Bound Kid. She also did a college spotlight for us on the University of [...]
Interview 86: Gary Clark on “Understanding UCLA”
Gary gives a high-level overview of who UCLA is Gary answers questions that listeners sent in Gary explains how the comprehensive review process works at UCLA Gary shares a few unique things that UCLA does that some of the other UC’s don’t do when they are evaluating an applicant Gary tells us what [...]
Interview 85: Gary Clark on “Demystifying Waitlists and explaining why the waitlist is so long”
Gary gives his backstory, including where he grew up and the various colleges he worked at Gary explains the admissions statistics for UCLA for the class of 2025 Gary explains the mechanics of how the waitlist works In part 1 one, Gary explains a few reasons why you can start out with what [...]
Interview 84: Lynda Doepker on “Using Parent Facebook groups to understand the culture of a college”
Lynda opens by sharing her backstory Lynda shares some of the great Facebook groups out there that have been invaluable to her Lynda talks about how specific college Facebook groups have really helped her to understand the culture and the vibe of the school Lynda talks about how you find these Facebook groups [...]
Interview 83: Courtney Hatch & Michael Ireland on “Q&A about Paying for Colllege”
Courtney Hatch and Michael Ireland both give us their backstory, including their experience as financial aid officers Courtney and Michael answer 13 questions that our listeners sent in Courtney and Michael cover a range of topics including: How to get in-state tuition when you are coming from out of state? how to tell [...]
Interview 82: Matt McGann on “Understanding Amherst College”
Matt gives us an overview of Amherst college Matt explains what the Liberal Arts actually are Matt tells us what he thinks Amherst does very well compared to other schools that students look at. Matt highlights two things in particular that Amherst does very well, based on their research Matt talks about the [...]
Interview 81: Matt McGann on “How to get a research opportunity with a professor”
Matt gives his backstory including his admission experience Matt tells us what he majored in when in college, and how he applied his major in the real world Matt tells us what research actually is, and you will love his definition of research! Matt tells us about his own research that he has [...]
Interview 80: Kevin Newton on “An Education Abroad”
Kevin Newton is the founder of "An Education Abroad", a college consulting firm that places students in International universities. He handles all International placements for students that work with Mark's firm, School Match 4U. Kevin gives his backstory and wow is it interesting Kevin tells us what his company, "An Education Abroad" does [...]
Interview 79: Michael Fong on “The Student Manager podcast”
Michael Fong is a lifelong California resident with a passion for colleges. Mark interviews Michael to learn how is helping people understand the culture of colleges by talking to students. Michael Fong gives his backstory, including the creative approach he took to win a scholarship to college Michael tells us about the format [...]
Interview 78: Lisa Keegan on “Bucknell University”
Lisa kicks off our interview by giving an overview of who Bucknell is and what makes Bucknell special What are their most distinctive programs, both those that are well-known as well as those that fall under the radar The range of offerings that Bucknell provides Double majoring at Bucknell Bucknell’s reputation, where is [...]
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