YCBK 493: What Should I Do If I am Deferred, An Interview with Rick Clark, Georgia Tech
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:18): Julia and Mark discuss an article that was co-written Matt Barnum and Douglas Belkin that appeared in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Is Loneliness as Bad for Students as Smoking? The article appeared on Nov 12th, 2024 in the Chronicle for Higher Ed and [...]
YCBK 492: 30 Things To Rank When Building Your College List
Introduction: Mark interviews Jin Chow Preview Part 3 : § Jin explains why they do not allow parents to join their sessions § Jin answers the objection, aren’t your statistics about college admissions inflated because you attract a pool of very strong applicants so you have selection bias built into your applicant pool § Jin [...]
YCBK 491: How Do I Get A Job In College Admissions
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:50): Julia and Mark discuss an article that was co-written Matt Barnum and Douglas Belkin that appeared in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Trump Gears Up for Assault on Wokeness With Education Overhaul; the article appeared on Nov 11th, 2024, (Length 16 minutes) This week’s [...]
YCBK 490: Everything You Need to Know About Early Decision-Interview w/Andy Strickler-Part 4/4
Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 4 of 4 Preview of Part 4: Andy talks about converting your regular decision application to an ED2 app, is this okay and if so, what is the deadline when a student needs to do this? Andy talks [...]
YCBK 489: An Experienced VP Speaks Out About the Pressure Admission Leaders Face
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:10): Julia and Mark discuss an article by Eric Hoover that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “Letters to the Admission Profession” the article appeared on Nov 12th, 2024, (Length 18 minutes) This week’s question (20:20): Susan and Mark discuss a question from [...]
YCBK 488: How Polygence Helps Students Do Research Projects In Areas of Interest-Interview with the Founder
In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 3 of 4 Preview Part 3 of 4 : Andy responds to a few reasons Mark has heard that the ED2 admit rate is lower than the ED1 admit rate [...]
YCBK 487: States are Covering Less College Costs; Who is Picking Up The Bill?
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:50): Julia and Mark discuss an article by Eric Hoover from the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “States Are Taking on Fewer College Costs. Who is Picking Up the Bill” the article appeared in Higher Ed Dive on Nov 5th, 2024, and it was written [...]
YCBK 486: U Penn Puts Pressure on Elite Colleges to Give More to Middle & Upper Middle Class
Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 1 of 4 Preview of Part 2 of 4 : Andy answers 20 frequently asked questions about Early Decision in this interview Andy explains what the basic difference is between ED1 and ED2 Andy explains the behavioral [...]
YCBK 485: Why So Many Colleges Are Accepting A 60-90 Second Glimpse Video
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (2:30): Julia and Mark discuss an article by Eric Hoover from the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, FAFSA Fiasco Changed Composition of First-Year Classes at Most Private Colleges (Length 11 minutes) This week’s question (13:22): Hillary and Mark answer a question from a student who [...]
YCBK 484: Everything You Need to Know About Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2
Introduction : Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2-Part 1 of 4 Preview Part 1 of 4: Andy answers 20 frequently asked questions about Early Decision in this interview Andy shares how Early Decision helps colleges Andy tells us whether having 45-48% of the class coming [...]
YCBK 483: Do Colleges Intentionally Not Accept Students From Certain High Schools
In this week's episode you will hear In the News (4:37) : Hillary and Mark examine why some high schools may have a very poor track record of sending kids to a particular college, but how students and parents have to be very careful to not misinterpret what this means. (Length 11 minutes) This week’s [...]
YCBK 482: Why Many Colleges Are No Longer Requiring The College Counselor Letter
In this week's episode you will hear Mark shares his thoughts on the election and then he shares the great debate that is emerging about the requirement for students to submit a letter from their college counselor. : Mark interviews David Hawkins. Factors in the Admission Decision - National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). [...]
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