Interview 260: Tom Ellett on “Understanding Quinnipiac University”
Tom gives us an overview of how Quinnipiac is one of the few comprehensive universities at their size Tom explains what the three Quinnipiac campuses are like, and he explains Quinnipiac’s strategic location Tom explains what would make a student come all the way a cross the country to come to Quinnipiac Tom [...]
Interview 259: Tom Ellett on “How to Excel While In College”
Tom Ellett gives his unique background, which includes two transfers while he was a student, and multiple roles at several different colleges Tom was the first chief experience officer at any US college, and he explains to us what is involved in this role Tom describes how he has used his experiences at [...]
Interview 258: Evan Mandery on “How America’s Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers and Misery”
Evan gives his background Evan talks about his book Poison Ivy, and he tells us how it led to a non- profit organization called “classactionorg” that fights legacy preferences for great educational equality on elite campuses Evan gives an overview of the article that will be the basis of our interview; it was [...]
Interview 257: Dan Lachance on “How to Get a Great Job With A Cyber-Security Degree”
Dan gives an update on what he has done in the last 18 months since he appeared on our podcast to talk about RIT and Cybersecurity Dan tells us how he got a full-time job offer at Microsoft after only two years of college Dan talks about how the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification [...]
Interview 256: Jin Chow on “How Work Lab Helps Students Get Real Life Work Experience”
Jin explains what Work Lab is Jin talks about the research they did before they started Work Lab Jin tells us where the companies are located that students work with Jin tells us what the next steps are for a family that wants to explore this opportunity Jin explains how Work Lab is [...]
Interview 255: Jay Hamilton on “How to Excel While You Are In College”
Jay explains how his sons led him to write the following book about college: You Got In! Now What Jay gives his backstory Jay describes how the Stanford Long-range Planning process influenced the book he wrote Jay explains why Mitchell Stevens' book, “Creating a Class,” is so special Jay explains why economists often [...]
Interview 254: Your College-Bound Kid Case Studies
The Admissions Case studies are our attempt to simulate what an admission committee at a college goes through when they read admissions files and discuss and debate who to accept, deny, defer, or waitlist. Some aspects of this simulation do not resemble the file-reading process at a college. Still, many of the things [...]
Interview 253: Andy Strickler on “Insights into how decisions are made that are rarely shared in public”
Andy and Mark discuss how AP scores are factored into file reading at Connecticut College Andy and Mark discuss why some students get low AP scores and how this is interpreted Andy talks about what adjustments they make to support a student who had low AP scores when they arrive at Connecticut College [...]
Interview 252: Stephen Master on “Opportunities are Booming for jobs in Sports, tips how to break in and get employed”
Stephen shares his impressive resume, his background, and what he is doing now when it comes to careers in sports management Stephen tells us how he defines sports management He tells us how sports have become big business, and this has led to a range of jobs in sports careers that were unheard [...]
Interview 251: Carmen Chavez on “Reflecting on My 4 Years at Duke University”
Carmen gives her background; shares a major obstacle she encountered that really impacted her original plans while at Duke; she shares her career plans She shares what she feels Duke does exceptionally well Carmen tells us what she feels Duke needs to change to be an even better school Carmen continues to share [...]
Interview 250: Andy Strickler on “Which AP Courses Do Colleges Respect The Most”
All 39 AP courses are classified according to which ones colleges regard as the most rigorous Andy Strickler goes through all 39 AP classes, and he classifies them as most rigorous, rigorous, not enough information, or AP lite Andy gives the caveat that that is just his opinion, and others may differ. Mark [...]
Interview 249: Heath Einstein on “What colleges look for in teacher recommendations”
Heath gives updates on TCU Heath shares what he learned about admissions from being a parent Heath shares some significant changes happening at TCU Heath shares how you can know if a teacher's rec is important Heath shares why teacher recs are important Heath gives everyone writing recommendations some great advice, but if [...]
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