Interview 177: Marjorie Betley on “STARS College Network”
Marjorie gives her backstory. Deputy Director of Admissions at the University of Chicago Marjorie shares statistics of rural students at U Chicago Marjorie explains what the history of the STARS (Small Town and Rural Students) College Network is Marjorie explains what the Emerging World Leaders Program is Marjorie gives an overview of the Small Town [...]
Interview 176: Andy Strickler on “Understanding Connecticut College”
Andy tells us how the mission statement impacts the student experience. Andy answers the question, “Why come to Conn College" Andy tells us how the honor code impacts the experience at Conn College Andy talks about how they create community at Connecticut College How does the history of formerly being a women’s college impact the [...]
Interview 175: Lydia Dagenais on “How Law School Admissions work”
How does Law school admissions work? Lydia tells us what LSAC is, and she talks about the central role of LSAC in law school admissions Lydia talks about the requirements for the law school application Lydia talks about the role of the American Bar association Lydia talks about how the role of testing differs for [...]
Interview 174: Lydia Dagenais on “Haverford and Swarthmore colleges”
Lydia shares her backstory I ask Lydia, the students that pick Swarthmore over Haverford, why do they do it, and the students that pick Haverford over Swarthmore, why do they do it? Julia, so what do you want our listeners to know about Lydia that she didn’t share? Julia, explain the bi-co and tri-co consortium [...]
Interview 173: Matt Bonser on “Answers to 20 FAQ about Gap Years”
Matt shares a trend he is observing in admissions this year. Matt tells us what his role is for Gap year applicants to Colorado College Matt tells us what a Gap year is. Matt tells us what percentage of students take a gap year. Matt shares the reasons why students request to take a gap [...]
Interview 171: Andy Borst on “Reasons why students are heading to southern universities”
Andy shares data on the five states where students are leaving the most and he shares where they are going. Andy shares some of the reasons that determine which colleges students are experiencing a surge in applications. Andy mentions the states where UGA is experiencing the greatest amount of increase in out of state applications. [...]
Interview 170: Gil Villanueva on “Understanding Rhodes College”
Gil gives his bio. Gil answers the question, how is Rhodes different from other colleges. Gil describes the Rhodes campus. Gil explains how Rhodes lives out its mission statement. Gil gives us a profile of Rhodes College Gil explains how they have added a B to diversity equity and inclusion, and he tells us what [...]
Interview 169: Andy Borst on “How AI is impacting admissions offices”
Andy shares his background. Andy talks about an article that ran in Inside Higher Ed on AI and college admissions, entitled, “Admissions offices turn to AI for application review” that he spoke out vociferously about on social media, Andy recounts what the article says, and why he disagreed with the content of that article. Andy [...]
Interview 168: Scott Barnhardt on “Admissions Advice for Performing Arts Majors”
Lisa shares Scott’s impressive biography including his time on Broadway in productions like the Book of Mormon Scott shares how a disappointment turned out to be a blessing in disguise Scott says the most common question he is asked is, what is the difference between a BA and a BFA, so he answers that question [...]
Interview 167: Michael Keaton on “The New FAFSA”
Julie Esquivel and Mark Stucker interview Michael Michael shares his bio. Michael shares some of the changes to the NEW FAFSA Michael shares how the changes to the FAFSA are impacting students and college admissions offices. Michael talks about some of the kinks in the FAFSA rollout and he talks about how the wrinkles impact [...]
Interview 166: Dan and Mary Lachance on “Understanding Rochester Institute of Technology”
Mark interviews Dan LaChance, a student a RIT and his mom, Mary LaChance Dan shares what he feels are the best things about RIT. Mary mentions what she feels are the best things about RIT. Dan and Mary share what they wish would be different at RIT. Dan shares what he didn’t know until he [...]
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