Let's Talk College

Sydney was originally accepted into the University of Texas CAP program. The CAP program offers students who want to study liberal arts the option of spending their first year at a feeder school before transferring to UT-Austin. After her first semester at UTA, Sydney realized she would have more opportunity to achieve her goals if she stayed at UTA than if she transferred. And was she ever right....

Mark Salisbury is the founder of TuitionFit , an organization dedicated to providing transparency to the cost of college. His website tuitionfit.org lets families research colleges that fit their academic and financial profiles and gives them insight into how their costs compare to others. TuitionFit.org is the CarFax of college costs. We discuss what those financial letters mean and how families...

Ciara Smith graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May of 2020 with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Theater specializing in costume design. We discuss how she chose such a unique major and what her career plans are as well as how COVID19 has affected those plans. Check out Ciara's portfolio at https://ciaraniamhsmith.com/

Mackenzie is in her 2nd year of law school at the Dedman School of Law at SMU. She graduated from the University of Alabama in 2019.

Devlin is the president of the Houston enterprise of Improving. He started at a community college is the early 2000s, worked his way into software design and up the career ladder to his current position. It's a fascinating story about working your way up through old fashioned hard work. Find out more about Improving at www.improving.com !

Lindsay is a Senior at Texas A&M University who has been accepted into the physical therapist program at UT Southwestern. She's also an elite Crossfit competitor.

Yazan Abu-Hijleh graduated from CU-Boulder in May of 2020 with a degree in Finance and Accounting, finishing his degree largely online. 

Jamie is a Senior at New York University (NYU) working on a degree in Science and Technology. Her path to college and through college has been winding to say the least. She applied for one major, changed before she enrolled, then changed again after her first year. She also took a 2 year break in the middle. It's a fascinating story.

Julie Nors is the parent of a student currently at Texas A&M and a high school freshman. We get the parent perspective on the application process for her first child and the lessons she's learned to help her second.