Your College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews

In this episode you will hear: (17:09) Mark and Dave discuss an article that appeared in Inside Higher Ed on August 2nd, 2023 by Doug Lederman entitled, "Admitting the top 10 percent, for geographical diversity" https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/08/02/university-south-carolina-admit-top-10-state-residents (45:00) Mark and Julia answer a question from an anonymous...

In this episode you will hear: o When do you apply Early Decision-10 Questions to ask yourself o Lynda interviews, Ben Neely of Revolution Prep, Understanding the new Digital SAT, Part 2 Preview of Part 2 Ø Ben shares what is the best way for a student to study for the new digital SAT Ø Ben shares the biggest content change on the new test Ø Ben answers the question, should students prep with the...

In this episode you will hear: (13:05) Mark and Vince discuss an article that appeared in the LA Times on June 21st, 2023 by Teresa Watanabe entitled, "The Most Lucrative Majors, Some Community College Grads Can Out Earn Elite University Peers https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-21/lucrative-majors-community-college-grads-elite-university (33:22) Mark and Julia answer a question from...

In this episode you will hear: o Lisa clarifies what she said about how UNC admits students in episode 351 o Mark and Julia answer a question from Lea from Northern California about how knowing yield rates should impact student behavior; she also wants to know why U Chicago has such a high yield rate; she asks, "how do they do it" o Lynda interviews, Ben Neely of Revolution Prep, Understanding the...

In this episode you will hear: (02:25) Mark and Julia discuss an opinion article that appeared in, "The New York Times" entitled, "Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich is its own qualification". It was written by By Aatish Bhatia, Claire Cain Miller and Josh Katz. It was written on June 24th, 2023, Part 2 of 2 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-lea...

In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares what he believes is the most underrated factor that determines who is admitted and who is not o Lisa interviews, Dr. Jenni Griffin, the Dean of APEX at the College of Wooster, Part 3 of 3 Preview of Part 3-this week o Jenni talks the College of Wooster o Jenni about the mentored research projects that every student does at the College of Wooster o Jenni...

In this episode you will hear: (12:52) Mark and Julia discuss an opinion article that appeared in, "The New York Times" entitled, "Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich is its own qualification". It was written by By Aatish Bhatia, Claire Cain Miller and Josh Katz. It was written on June 24th, 2023, Part 1 of 2 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-lea...

In this episode you will hear: o Mark and Lisa answer a question from Melissa from Massachusetts about whether it is worth it to submit the college's own application as a way of signaling interest to them. o Lisa interviews, Dr. Jenni Griffin, the Dean of APEX at the College of Wooster, Part 2 of 3 Preview of Part 2-this week o Dr. Griffin explains what the APEX fellows program is o Lisa asks Dr....

In this episode you will hear: (14:05) Mark and Julia discuss an opinion article that appeared in, "The New York Times" entitled, "Let's Smash the college admissions process". It was written by David Brooks . It was written on June 1st, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/opinion/college-admissions-affirmative-action.html (43:40) Mark and Lisa will answer a Speakpipe question from Arizona that...

In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares a personal story of a heath scare he had and he shares the lessons he learned from the health scare o Lisa interviews, Dr. Jenni Griffin, the Dean of APEX at the College of Wooster, Part 1 of 3 Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/YCBK in your browser and take up to 90 seconds to leave a message. We...

In this episode you will hear: (10:36) Mark and Vince discuss an article that appeared in, "The Hechinger Report" entitled, "To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating grades". It was written by Jon Marcus and it was picked up by several othe publications, such as NPR. It was written on March 26th, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1164832694/to-help-new-students-adapt-some-colleg...

In this episode you will hear: o Lisa interviews, Dr. Sarah Olivio and Dr. Liz Seidler, three clinical psychologists who will talk about student mental health, Sarah and Liz are also co-hosts of a podcast for students called, College is Fine, everything is fine Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/YCBK in your browser and take up to 90 seconds...

In this episode you will hear: (27:37) Mark and Susan discuss an article that appeared in, "The Chronicle of Higher Ed" entitled, "The Have's and the Have Nots: Higher Ed Is Increasingly Becoming Unequal". It was written by Robert Kelchen and it appeared in the Chronicle on June 14th, 2023 https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-haves-and-have-nots-of-higher-education?sra=true&cid=gen_sign_in (01:03...

In this episode you will hear: Mark has more insight on the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision. Lisa and Susan continue their answer to the question, what advice do you have for students with special needs. Lisa interviews Dr. Irena Smith about her book, "The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admission Essays" Part 3 of 3 Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us i...

In this episode you will hear: (02:20) Mark is joined by the Director of Colorado College, Matt Bonser. Matt discussed Early Decision, Demonstrated Interest, and Predictive Modelling. Mark and Matt discuss 17 ways students attempt to demonstrate interest and Matt gives his feedback whether these 17 attempts to demonstrate interest are effective at communicating interest. Matt rates the different o...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark does a deep dive on Affirmative Action ² What is Affirmative Action? ² What are the big six cases where the Supreme Court addressed Affirmative Action? ² What did the Supreme Court decide? ² What are colleges going to do about what the Supreme Court decided? ² What pulls no punches as he shares his thoughts on the decision? Lisa interviews Dr. Irena Smith abou...

In this episode you will hear: (02:00) Mark is joined by the Director of Colorado College, Matt Bonser. Matt discussed Early Decision, Demonstrated Interest, and Predictive Modelling. Mark and Matt discuss 17 ways students attempt to demonstrate interest and Matt gives his feedback whether these 17 attempts to demonstrate interest are effective at communicating interest. Matt rates the different o...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares a new feature that we will start on the podcast in mid-July for listeners who send in Speakpipe questions we play on the air. ² We play a few Speakpike questions that listeners sent in. ² Lisa and Susan answer a Speakpike question about advice for students with special needs. (Part 1 of 2) Lisa interviews Dr. Irena Smith about her book, "The Golden Tick...

In this episode you will hear: (20:12) Mark and Dave discuss an article that appeared in the Washington Post in August, 2022 by Susan Svrluga entitled, "Rising Rent Adds to College Students' Scramble for Affordable Housing" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/09/college-student-housing-costs/ (45:50) Mark and Lisa will answer a Speakpipe question from Leslie that asks, "how do you kno...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark is joined by YCBK co-host Julia Esquivel to discuss the question, how much weight do colleges place on 11th and 12th grade vs 10th grade vs 9th grade when making admission decisions? ² Mark discusses the new YCBK updated website: yourcollegeboundkid.com ² Lisa interview Elliot Felix about his book, "How to Get the Most out of College" Part 2 of 2 Preview of Pa...

In this episode you will hear: (19:12) Mark and Julia discuss an article written by Scott Jaschik that appeared in Inside Higher Ed on 5-15-2023 entitled, "Admission Offices, Cautiously Start Using AI" https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/2023/05/15/admissions-offices-cautiously-start-using-ai#:~:text=What%20the%20Experts%20Say,from%20North%20Shore%20College%20Consulting. (48:52) Mark an...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark discusses what you can expect when the Supreme Court releases its decision on Affirmative Action, which is expected any day now. ² Mark takes a look at what "Yield is and why Yield is so important to college admisson offices" ² Lisa interview Elliot Felix about his book, "How to Get the Most out of College" Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any m...

In this episode you will hear: (26:57) Mark and Vince discuss an article by Jay Matthews that appeared in the LA Times in April of 2023. The article looks at the research about whether a top tier college improves a student's odds of making a lot of money themselves https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-12/college-admissions-ivy-league-rankings-affirmative-action (56:20) Mark and Lisa will...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark explains how Stony Brook got the largest undesignated gift in US college history ² Mark explains the new FAFSA Simplification that goes into effect for the current senior class is different from the previous FAFSA ² Mark interviews Andre Phillips, Director of Admissions at UW-Madison about Summer Melt * Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any messa...

In this episode you will hear: (25:30) Mark and Susan discuss Eric Hoover's article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that appeared on April 2rd, 2023. The article looks at how Student Search will increasingly not produce the list of students for colleges to recruit that it has in the past. https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-it-the-end-of-student-recruitment-as-we-know-it (01:05:05) Mark will...