Interview 288: Micki Meyer-The importance of the first 6 weeks of college
Mark interviews Micki Meyer, the Assistant VP for Student Affairs, and Micki played a major role in having Rollins become the first college in the south to be named a Changemaker college. - Micki gives an overview - Micki talks about what students need to do over the summer before they arrive in [...]
Interview 287: Tricia Seifert Interview
Dr. Tricia Seifert — How a board game and a video game she developed can help students successfully transition to college - Lisa introduces Dr. Tricia Seifert's background, and Dr. Seifert adds a few more details about her current role at Montana State University - Tricia explains why she created a game about [...]
Interview 285: Andy Strickler, Challenges college admissions offices are facing
Mark and Andy have a discussion about what made 2026 so challenging for so many colleges. - Andy tells us some of the reasons why so many colleges felt blindsided by how difficult it was to attract and yield students in 2026, and what made 2026 so different. - Mark and Andy [...]
Interview 284: Pryor Gilbert, Understanding Wake Forest
- Pryor gives her backstory. - Pryor tells us what it was like growing up in Dubai. - Pryor tells us what it is like being a student athlete at Wake, and she talks about what she had to do to make the competitive dance team at Wake. - Pryor shares the [...]
Interview 283: Suzanne Hanna: Helping Young Women Transition to College
- Suzanne is a life coach for college girls — she gives her backstory. - Suzanne tells us what a life coach for college girls consists of. - Suzanne talks about the types of struggles girls face in college. - Suzanne has some words of wisdom about small talk. - Suzanne talks [...]
Interview 282: Jed Applerouth-Self-Prep vs Group Prep vs One-on-One Test Prep
- Jed gives his background: how he went from consulting with McKinsey to starting a national test prep company that has over 200 tutors. - Jed spent 7 years working on his PhD, where he looked at 2,500 kids who did test prep, and he shares the results of his research. - [...]
Interview 281: Barbara Kalmus-How using the wrong language can impact mental health
• Barbara Kalmus gives her backstory • Barbara talks about student mental health • Barbara talks about the impact of the language that we use when classifying colleges and how students hear something very different than what we think they hear • Barbara talks about how things have changed since the 1990's • [...]
Interview 280: San Diego State University-Interview
• Lauren and Sophie share what they feel are the best things about San Diego State University • Sophie and Lauren share what they got involved in while at SDSU • Lauren and Sophie share what they would change if they were in power • Lauren and Sophie share what are the things [...]
Interview 279: Standard Strong Roundtable
Susan Tree, Carter Delloro, and Mark Stucker discuss what a Standard Strong student is. They discuss what a Standard Strong student can do to stand out in competitive applicant pools. Hilary Dickman joins the conversation for a 20-minute segment to share her insights on this topic. The roundtable has very straight forward practical [...]
Interview 278: Heath Einstein-Advice About College Resumes
Heath introduces himself, and he gives us updates on 4 key takeaways from TCU’s new strategic plan, and I ask Heath a few follow-up questions Heath shares some of the new college majors that TCU is offering We introduce the topic we will be covering for the next few weeks, and Heath explains [...]
Interview 277: Jennifer Gershberg – How to excel while in college
Jennifer Gershberg: How to excel while in college-Internet Content Lisa gives an overview of Jennifer’s background Jennifer talks about the circuitous path she took in her career Jennifer talks about why so many students are not preparedforcollege Jennifer explains the value of writing handwritten notes, the value of reading paperback or hard copies [...]
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