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

In this episode you will hear: YCBK PLUS is finally here and Lynda Doepker is here to explain to listeners how it works! Lynda gives an update on how you can leave a message on our website by using spikepipe.com/YCBK Mark shares 8 new Higher Ed Updates Mark interviews Vern Granger, Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut and Chairman of the Board at NACAC Preview-Part 1 Vern Grange...

In this episode you will hear: (15:48) Mark and Susan discuss the first of three reports by Educational Reform Now entitled, "The Future of Fair Admissions Report 1: Early Decision". The Report was written by the Senior Policy Analyst, James Murphy. The Report looks at a number of questions including: Who benefits from Early Decision; which colleges utilize Early Decision the most; does ED give st...

In this episode you will hear: Mark lets the listeners know about a new feature called spikepike.com/YCBK where listeners can leave verbal messages for us. The messages can be suggestions, compliments or questions that we will play the actual voice of our listener on Thursday episodes beginning in late December. Mark explains why Biden paused student loan payments after saying he wouldn't pause th...

In this episode you will hear: (07:15) Mark and Dave discuss an article, "One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis". The article is by Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report and it was written on 8/28/2022. Mark and Dave discuss all of the steps the University of Maine took to turn around their bleak enrollment situation. Dave and Mark discuss what other colleges can...

In this episode you will hear: Mark lets the listeners know about a new feature they can expect in the month of December and moving forward on Thursdays episodes. Mark discusses the largest labor union strike in Higher Ed history that is happening on the 10 University of California campuses right now Mark discusses why six of the top ranked law schools are dropping out of the US News Law school ra...

In this episode you will hear: (25:40) Mark and Julia discuss a Hechinger article by Liz Willen entitled, "Why some in Higher Education are freaking out about new affirmative action showdown. The article appeared in January 22, 2022. Julia and Mark discuss affirmative action. Why is it so misunderstood? What will the Supreme Court do? https://hechingerreport.org/column-why-some-in-higher-education...

In this episode you will hear: Mark reveals one more must-have reference book and he takes a look at where are we with Student Loan forgiveness in light of the announcement on November 10th. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Arlene Cash Part 1 Arlene gives her illustrious background at 11 different institutions of Higher Ed from the east to the south to the west Arlene share...

In this episode you will hear: (17:18) Mark and Vince discuss an opinion piece that was written by current Stanford Student, Sophie Callcott. The column appeared in the New York Times. The name of the guest column is, "There is still one big trick for getting into an elite college" Mark and Vince share what they respect about the angle this Stanford student takes, but they don't hesitate to point...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares why the admission profession is in crisis right now. Mark shares three reference books he recommends every family have in their college admissions library. Mark shares one pet peeve he has in the vocabulary that so many people use. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders-Part 3/3 Part 3-Preview Saunders talks about wha...

In this episode you will hear: (30:18) Mark and Susan discuss a Sara Harberson article entitled, "10 Things to know if you want to major in business" The February 10th, 2022 article appeared in her blog: https://www.saraharberson.com/blog/things-to-know-major-in-business (56:04) Mark and Lisa discuss how students should answer the following question that North Carolina State is asking all of its a...

In this episode you will hear: Mark answers two questions he has been asked 12-15 times in the month of October. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders-Part 2/2 Preview of Part 2 Saunders shares a time she had to sunset or get rid of some programs that had to go; she talks about how the college responded to that and she talked about the best way to implement t...

In this episode you will hear: (11:00) Mark and Dave discuss a Town and Country article entitled, Why Are More Northern Kids Heading South For College by Nicole Laporte. The article was written on 10/2/2022. The article looks at why so many students are not looking to New York, Boston or LA, but are flocking to Southern schools. Mark and Dave discuss about a half a dozen reasons why so many studen...

In this episode you will hear: Mark goes into more depth about the four recommended resources that he touched on in Episode 267 last Thursday. (see below) Mark shares a second thing that is grinding his gears Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders Preview of Part 1 Saunders tells us her progression from adjunct professor to college president and she shares sev...

In this episode you will hear: (27:22) Mark and Julia discuss an August 17th, 2022 article in Bloomberg by Claire Ballentine and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou entitled, "College students face costlier rent and food, even as tuition soars" Julia and Mark get personal, as Julia shares her own struggles when she was in grad school, and Mark shares his daughter, and her friends struggles with making ends me...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares two announcements and then Mark and Lynda Doepker discuss something that is grinding both of their gears. This is followed by the final part of the interview with the Dean of Global Education at Elon University: Dr. Nick Gozik. The topic is, What you need to know about Study Abroad, Part 2 of 2 Preview of Part 2 Nick tells us how to evaluate the quality o...

In this episode you will hear: (25:24) Mark and Vince discuss an article by Sami Edge that appeared on August 31, 2022 in Oregonian entitled: "Record number of 1st year students withdraw from the University of Portland, contributing to 13.4 million shortfall. Vince and Mark discuss how could this happen and what are the implications of this budget shortfall; what implications does this have for ot...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares a few announcements and then Lisa interviews the Dean of Global Education at Elon University: Dr. Nick Gozik. The topic is, What you need to know about Study Abroad, Part 1 of 2 Preview of Part 1 Nick expands on Lisa's introduction of his background Nick gives us all advice on how to make decisions at each stage of your career Nick talks about the value o...

In this episode you will hear: (16:02) Mark and Susan discuss an article by Ron Lieber, that appeared on August 24, 2022 in The New York Times entitled: "Some Colleges Don't Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?" Susan and Mark discuss the complexities involved in this question. Some Colleges Don't Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It? (45:40) Two listeners, Ari and Ivan wrote in to ask us, wh...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares two big annoucements plus Part 2 of Mark's interview with Darrell Edmonds gets more into what has changed at the University of Delaware Preview of Part 2 Darrell gets into the things that are new at Delaware Darrell listened to the Spotlight I did twice on University of Delaware, so he adds some additional things that I didn't cover Darrell talks about th...

In this episode you will hear: (09:55) Mark and Dave discuss an article by Kevin Carey, that appeared on July 25, 2022 in Slate.org entitled: "The Single biggest thing to know about financial aid: It's a Sham. Mark and Dave talk about why financial aid is controversial and then they have one of their knock down drag out debates. https://slate.com/business/2022/07/college-financial-aid-sham.html (5...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares some highlights from the National Association of College Admission Counselors annual conference in Houston. Mark shares several more colleges that committed to be guests on our podcast. We then have a different type of interview, more of a biographer portrait of how someone can start out in one place and end up in the admissions office. Part 1 is more of...

In this episode you will hear: (09:20) Mark and Dave discuss an article by Jay Matthews, Columnist for the Washington Post that appeared on July 31, 2022 entitled: "High School extracurriculars are nice. College extracurriculars are huge. Dave and Mark talk about why college extracurriculars are so valuable to the student who participates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/31/colleg...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares a few announcements and he invites admissions professionals and college counselors who are attending the annual conference in Houston to meet with the YCBK hosts who are attending the conference. Mark gives a detailed description about Vince Garcia's interview with the VP of enrollment at Cal Lutheran University: Matt Ward Preview of Part 2 Matt talks abo...

In this episode you will hear: Mark and Julia discuss part 3 of Brennan Barnard's excellent article that appeared in Forbes on June 9th, 2022, "Be a College Admission Data Scientist". The article covers many areas where colleges could be more transparent about their data, so you need to probe. We also examine the dilemma colleges face: if they share more, they open themselves up to criticism and m...

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares a few announcements and he gives a detailed description about Vince Garcia's interview with the VP of enrollment at Cal Lutheran University: Matt Ward Part 1 Preview Vince Garcia does his first interview and it definitely won't be his last one Matt gives his backstory Matt explains the various roles he has at CLU Matt explains where CLU's location in Thou...