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In this episode you will hear: ² Mark answers a Speakpipe question from a North Carolina listener who wants to know more about Stanford's restrictive early admission program ² Mark interviews David Marcus about his book, "Acceptance: A legendary college counselor helps seven kids find the right college--and find themselves, Part 3 of 3 Part 3 o David talks about his own son and why he never went t...

In this episode you will hear: (38:20) Mark and Dave discuss Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's decision to abolish all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at public schools in Florida. Next, they focus on the main article from the Georgia Tech Admission Blog, The Two Most Important Letters in College Admissions. (58:10) Lisa will answer a question from Lee about helping a student with learning...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark discusses a special interview that is coming up and he asks for listeners to send in Speakpipe questions for this interview ² Mark interviews David Marcus about his book, "Acceptance: A legendary college counselor helps seven kids find the right college--and find themselves, Part 2 of 3 Part 2 o David talks about Chapter 7 of his book, that looks at the Indust...

In this episode you will hear: (13:28) Mark and Julia discuss an article in "The Chronicle of Higher Education" by Eric Hoover entitled, "A profession on the edge-Why admission leaders are wearing down, burning out and leaving jobs they once loved. The article came out on April 5th, 2023 https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-profession-on-the-edge (41:15) Mark and Lisa discuss a question from overse...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark discusses the things that are on the yourcollegeboundkid.com website that you won't get on a podcast app ² Mark shares the story of what a 10th grader did to get 8-10 research opportunities with elite universities ² Mark interviews David Marcus about his book, "Acceptance: A legendary college counselor helps seven kids find the right college--and find themselv...

In this episode you will hear: (14:36) Mark and Vince discuss Danielle Braff's April 25th, 2023 article entitled, "Sorry You've Been Rejected, Now Let's Party https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/style/college-rejection-parties.html (29:37) Mark and Lisa discuss a question from Bobbi from Ohio. She wants to know if colleges in remote areas help facilitate transportation to major airports (39:02) We...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark discusses a new approach to take on college tours if you can't spend multiple hours at each college you are interested ² Lisa interviews Lynda Doepker on the topic of things students and parents should do between the time a senior selects a college through the first semester in college, Part 2 of 2 Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message fo...

In this episode you will hear: (25:28) Mark and Susan discuss James Murphy's third educational brief in his trilogy on the "Future of Fair Admissions". This third and final entry looks at "Admissions Transparency and Accountability" https://edreformnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-Future-of-Fair-Admissions-Transparency-Accountability.pdf (01:00:40) Mark and Lisa discuss a Speakpipe question...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares seven observations he had now that the class of 2023 decisions have been released ² Lisa interviews Lynda Doepker on the topic of things students and parents should do between the time a senior selects a college through the first semester in college, Part 1 of 2 Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/Y...

In this episode you will hear: (10:54) Mark and Dave discuss a Scott Jaschik article in Inside Higher Ed that ran on 3/26/2023 entitled, "The Role of Politics in Where Students Want to Go to College." The role of politics in where students want to go to college (insidehighered.com) (49:47) Lisa answers a speakpipe question from an anonymous listener who has a number of questions about how the pand...

In this episode you will hear: ² We got such great feedback from last Monday's episode on the 75 hardest colleges to get into, so Mark decided to share the next 35 hardest colleges to get into. These 35 are comprised of the 25 hardest private colleges to get into and the 10 hardest public colleges to get admitted to. ² We conclude with the final part of the three-part interview with Jonathan Hughe...

In this episode you will hear: (24:24) Julia and Mark discuss an article from the New York Times blog by Jeffrey Selingo entitled, "The Cynical Reason Why College Applications are Surging". Opinion | The Cynical Reason College Applications Are Surging - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (50:12) Lisa and Mark continue their five-part series of bonus content. Mark shares seven categories of students...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares the 75 colleges he has found are the hardest ones to get into for the last three years. Mark divides them into two groups: the 35 the public often knows are hard, and the final 40 schools often shock students and parents with their selectivity ² We start a brand-new three-part interview with Jonathan Hughes and Julie Shields-Rutyna from MEFA to talk abo...

In this episode you will hear: (15:00) Vince and Mark discuss an article from Jon Boeckenstedt's blog entitled, "Why were you denied". The article looks at a wide range of reasons students are denied. (37:16) Lisa and Mark continue their five-part series of bonus content. Mark shares seven categories of students who often feel disillusioned with the college process, like it was unfair to them. Our...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares some things he learned from the college application season about the selectivity of colleges. ² We start a brand new three-part interview with Jonathan Hughes and Julie Shields-Rutyna from MEFA to talk about paying for college 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 9...

In this episode you will hear: (26:05) Susan Tree and Mark discuss Educational Reform's abstract by James Murphy that is part of the Future of Fair Admissions series. This is the second of a three-part series. Mark and Susan discussed the first part which looked at Early Decision and this article looks at the Fairness and the Future of Legacy Preferences, especially considering the upcoming of Aff...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark and Lisa discuss a Speakpipe comment about starting test prep in the 9th grade ² We continue our interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more (Part 4 of 4) Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/YCBK in your browser and...

In this episode you will hear: (20:24) Karen Kristof, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Admissions answers questions about Colorado College's decision to no longer participate in the US News and World Report Rankings. (01:15:50) Lisa and Mark continue their four-part series of bonus content. Mark shares seven categories of students who often feel disillusioned with the college process, like it...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark announces a slight tweak to the format for Monday episodes ² Mark shares three Higher Ed Updates ² We continue our interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more (Part 3 of 4) Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/YCBK i...

In this episode you will hear: (14:50) Dave and Mark discuss an article by Kevin Carey of Vox entitled, The Incredible Shrinking Future of College. The article was written on 11/21 The college-age population is about to crash. It will change higher education forever. - Vox (54:55) Lisa and Mark start a new four part series of bonus content. Mark shares seven categories of students who often feel d...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark takes students through 22 steps in how to appeal a financial aid award ² A brand new interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more 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...

In this episode you will hear: (17:25) Julia and Mark discuss a US News article by Susan Mulligan and Lauren Camera that was written on February 3rd entitled, "Ditch the degree? Many Employers are just fine with that Ditch the Degree? Many Employers Are Just Fine With That | The Report | U.S. News (usnews.com) (45:00) Lisa and Mark discuss a Speakpipe question from an anonymous listener who wants...

In this episode you will hear: ² Mark recaps his trip to seven colleges in the Pacific-Northwest ² Mark explains two competing models of predictive modeling that colleges use, and how do they use them ² A brand new interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more Our favorite way for you to leave a question or a...

In this episode you will hear: (21:00) Vince and Mark discuss an article written by Teddy Amenbar that appeared in the Washington Post on Feb 13, 2022; the article is entitled: The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/13/sleep-college-hours-gpa-grades/#:~:text=Researchers%20found%20that%20every%20lost,end%2Dof%2Dterm%20GPA...

In this episode you will hear: ² Heather shares a Speakpipe comment ² Mark shares six Higher Ed updates ² Mark interviews Kirby MciIyar, an expert on helping students and adults find their best majors and career matches-Part 3 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 recomme...