Podcasts by Your College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends
Each Thursday, the "Your College-Bound Kid" podcast will discuss a hot college admissions article; answer a question from a listener; interview a "thought leader" in the world of college admissions and do a Spotlight on a college. Every Monday, we will have a second episode with announcements and an interview with a "thought leader" in the world of college admissions or college life. YCBK combines in-depth knowledge and insights about college admissions with a lighthearted, easy-to-listen-to style. The six co-hosts have over 150 years' experience in college admissions, college counseling and professional counseling.
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YCBK 386: Mark and Julia discuss and debate essay length and resumes from 2023-12-11T05:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark has a health update o Mark and Julia, discuss and debate, what is the minimum length a college essay should be? o Mark and Julia, discuss and debate...
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YCBK 385: Students need to think like admissions officers when completing applications from 2023-12-07T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (02:22) Mark and Julia discuss an article by Rick Clark in Georgia Tech’s blog entitled, “College Admissions Is NOT a form. It’s your story! The article was writte...
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YCBK 384: Is it better to get an A in an easier class or a B in a harder class from 2023-12-04T05:00
In this episode you will hear: using speakpipe.com/YCBK you can send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab or via email at . You can also send in ques...
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YCBK 383: What to do when you submit an admission application with an error from 2023-11-30T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:40) Mark and Julia introduce an article entitled, A New Push to Assess “Character in College Admissions” that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Su...
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YCBK 382: How Parents Can Prepare, not Compare from 2023-11-27T05:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares which colleges he will not be surprised if they either return to requiring test scores or if they adopt a test recommended official position. o ...
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YCBK 381: Dartmouth College: An interview with Admission Dean, Lee Coffin-Part 3 from 2023-11-23T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (01:50) Mark and Susan introduce an article entitled, A New Push to Assess “Character in College Admissions” that appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Su...
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YCBK 380: How parents can compare their students to transition successfully to college-Part 3 of 4 from 2023-11-20T05:00
In this episode you will hear: https://twitter.com/YCBKpodcast 1. To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ 2. Find the specific episode transc...
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YCBK 379: Dartmouth College: An interview with Admission Dean, Lee Coffin-Part 2 from 2023-11-16T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (28:58) Mark and Susan introduce an article entitled, A New Push to Assess “Character in College Admissions”. Susan and Mark spend the first 30 minutes talking abo...
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YCBK 378: 3 reasons why test scores are important to admission officers from 2023-11-13T05:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares something personal that is exhilarating and something personal that is excruciating with the listeners o Mark shares three reasons why test sc...
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YCBK 377: Dartmouth College: An interview with Admisson Dean, Lee Coffin from 2023-11-09T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (02:37) Mark and Vince discuss an October article that appeared in several Ohio Newspapers entitled, Miami University Cuts Programs Amid Financial Challenges and L...
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YCBK 376: What parents need to do to prepare their student to be successful in college-Part 1 from 2023-11-06T05:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark takes 11 college majors to show how colleges often take advantage of what their geographic area is known for. This may be one way to identify possible sc...
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YCBK 375: Miami University cuts programs Amid Financial Challenges from 2023-11-02T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (24:30) Mark and Vince discuss an October article that appeared in several Ohio Newspapers entitled, Miami University Cuts Programs Amid Financial Challenges and L...
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YCBK 374: Test scores plummet in their importance of factors that determine who is admitted from 2023-10-30T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark explains what you can learn about admissions about standardized test scores from the most recent State of College admissions NACAC admissions survey for ...
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YCBK 373: There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys This Year from 2023-10-26T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:05) Mark and Julia discuss an article that appeared in the New York Times on 9/26/2023 by Susan Dominus entitled, “There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to...
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YCBK 372: What you need to know about AI and how it is changing the job market from 2023-10-23T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark explains what you can learn about admissions from the most recent State of College admissions NACAC admissions survey for 2023 o What you need to kn...
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YCBK 371: Clubs at Yale and other Universities have Become Competitive to the point of Absurdity from 2023-10-19T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:14) Mark and Dave discuss a recent article by Rachel Shin of the Atlantic that looks at how some clubs at Yale and other universities have become so hard to ge...
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YCBK 370: The New SAVE IDR Loan Plan is Sensational for those with Federal Student Loans from 2023-10-16T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark explains the very exciting new SAVE plan. This income driven repayment is a Game Changer and Mark is so excited to discuss this with you o Student Lif...
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YCBK 369: The hot topics that admissions officers&college counselors discussed at NACAC from 2023-10-12T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:28) Mark and Julia and Susan discuss the hot topics that admissions officers and college counselors discuss at the annual NACAC conference in September in Balt...
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YCBK 368: 12 Tips to help you write an effective Personal Statement from 2023-10-09T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark gives an update on the New FAFSA that is coming out in December o Mark shares insights from a 2007 article about college rankings o Mark shares a do...
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YCBK 367: Colleges spend like there is no tomorrow, these college devour money-Part 2 from 2023-10-05T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (01:48) Mark and Vince discuss the Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Colleges spend like there is no tomorrow, “These colleges are just devouring money”. The ...
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YCBK 366: Why you should NOT trust USNWR College Rankings from 2023-10-02T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark takes 45 minutes to go into detail about why he believes US News & World Report’s cumulative rankings aren’t worth the ink they are written on o Lisa i...
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YCBK 365: Colleges spend like there is no tomorrow, these college devour money from 2023-09-28T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:38) Mark and Vince discuss the Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Colleges spend like there is no tomorrow, “These colleges are just devouring money”. The ...
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YCBK 364: Who actually gets in the most competitive colleges-Part 2? from 2023-09-25T15:14
In this episode you will hear: o Mark and Julia describe the difference between the student with really high grades and test scores and academic rigor that gets in the most competitive college...
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YCBK 363: These State Schools Also Favor the One Percent from 2023-09-21T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (25:34) Mark and Julia discuss an article that appeared in “The Atlantic” by Kevin Carey entitled, “These State Schools Also Favor the One Percent”. The article is...
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YCBK 362: Who actually gets in the most competitive colleges? from 2023-09-18T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark and Julia describe the difference between the student with really high grades and test scores and academic rigor that gets in the most competitive college...
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YCBK 361: Chasing Athletic Scholarship Dreams Can Be a Costly Mistake from 2023-09-14T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (20:32) Mark and Dave discuss a Kiplinger Personal Finance article by Erin Wood entitled, “Chasing” Athletic Scholarship Dreams Can Be a Costly Mistake”. The artic...
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YCBK 360: Tough questions about college fraternities from 2023-09-11T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark describes what “Yield protection is and he shares one public university he is hearing rumor is practicing “yield protection”. Mark asks for listener feedb...
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YCBK 359: How college admissions has changed since 2000 from 2023-09-07T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (02:38) Mark Stucker moderates a discussion between Susan Tree and Mark Hatch, the VP of enrollment at Colorado College. Susan and Mark Hatch walk us through all t...
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YCBK 358: Updates on affirmative action, test-optional and paying for college from 2023-09-04T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark gives updates from Emory, Wash U, Cornell, Rice and Pomona on Affirmative Action, the future of test-optional admissions, and paying for college. o Lis...
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YCBK 357: How college admissions has changed since the 1980’s and the 1990’s from 2023-08-31T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (02:45) Mark Stucker moderates a discussion between Susan Tree and Mark Hatch, the VP of enrollment at Colorado College. Susan and Mark Hatch walk us through all t...
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YCBK 356: A new exciting creative way Wake Forest is recruiting new students from 2023-08-28T04:00
In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares a new approach Wake Forest is using to recruit First-Gen students that Mark is really impressed with o Lynda interviews, Ben Neely of Revolution...
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YCBK 355: Admitting the top 10 percent, for geographical diversity from 2023-08-24T04:00
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 geogr...
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YCBK 354: 10 Questions to Test Whether You Should Apply Early Decision from 2023-08-21T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 353: Some Community College Grads Can Out-Earn Elite University Peers from 2023-08-17T04:00
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...
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YCBK 352: What you need to know about the new Digital SAT-Part 1 of 3 from 2023-08-14T04:00
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 kno...
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YCBK 351: Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich is its Own Qualification-Part 2 from 2023-08-10T04:00
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...
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YCBK 350: The most underrated factors that determine who is admitted from 2023-08-07T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 349: Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich is its Own Qualification from 2023-08-03T04:00
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...
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YCBK 348: Should a student submit the college’s own application to show interest from 2023-08-01T08:34
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 inte...
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YCBK 347: Let’s Smash the College Admissions Process from 2023-07-27T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 346: Mark shares lessons he learned from a health scare he had this week from 2023-07-24T04:00
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 De...
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YCBK 345: To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating grades from 2023-07-20T04:00
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...
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YCBK 344: 3 clinical psychologists talk about the importance of student mental health from 2023-07-17T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 343: Higher Ed Is Increasingly Becoming Unequal-The Have’s and the Have Nots from 2023-07-13T04:00
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 Becomin...
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YCBK 342: More on affirmative action and more advice for students with special needs from 2023-07-10T04:00
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...
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YCBK 341: How some colleges use demonstrated interest and predictive modeling Part 2 from 2023-07-06T04:00
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 Ma...
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YCBK 340: How will admissions change now that Affirmative Action is not legal from 2023-07-03T16:08
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 Acti...
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YCBK 339: For colleges that track demonstrated interest, what really matters? Part 1 from 2023-06-29T04:00
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 Ma...
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YCBK 338: Is getting admitted to Stanford really the Golden Ticket in Life? from 2023-06-26T04:00
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 Sp...
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YCBK 337: Rising rents adds to college students’ scramble for affordable housing from 2023-06-22T04:00
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’ Scra...
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YCBK 336: How does a poor 9th grade impact college admissions? from 2023-06-19T04:00
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...
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YCBK 335: Admission Offices, Cautiously Start Using AI from 2023-06-15T04:00
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 Usi...
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YCBK 334: How To Get The Most Out Of College-Part 1 from 2023-06-12T04:00
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...
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YCBK 333: Rejected by a top-tier college? Don’t worry from 2023-06-08T04:00
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 tie...
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YCBK 332: What Is Summer Melt And Why Does Melt Occur from 2023-06-05T04:00
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 t...
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YCBK 331: Is It The End Of Student Recruitment As We Know It from 2023-06-01T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 330: Why colleges love Early Decision and Early Action from 2023-05-29T04:00
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...
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YCBK 329: DeSantis’s war on DEI in Florida’s public colleges; The Two Most Important Letters in College Admissions from 2023-05-25T04:00
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, ...
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YCBK 328: Why colleges love Early Decision and Early Action from 2023-05-22T04:00
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 Marcu...
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YCBK 327: A profession on the edge-Why admission leaders are wearing down, burning out and leaving from 2023-05-18T04:00
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 wearin...
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YCBK 326: What a 10th grader did to get 8-10 research opportunities with elite universities from 2023-05-15T04:00
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 di...
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YCBK 325: Sorry You’ve Been Rejected, Now Let’s Party from 2023-05-11T04:00
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 (29:37) Mark and Lisa discuss a ...
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YCBK 324: A new approach to college tours plus, what seniors should do from May to December from 2023-05-08T04:00
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...
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YCBK 323: A challenge for colleges to be transparent with their data from 2023-05-04T04:00
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 “Admiss...
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YCBK 322: 7 observations from admission decisions from the class of 2023 from 2023-05-01T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 321: The Role of Politics in Where Students Want to Go to College from 2023-04-27T04:00
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 Coll...
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YCBK 320: What are the 35 next hardest colleges to get into, plus MEFA Interview, 3 of 3 from 2023-04-24T04:00
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....
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YCBK 319: The Cynical Reason Why College Applications are Surging from 2023-04-20T04:00
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”. ...
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YCBK 318: What are the 75 hardest colleges to get into, plus MEFA Interview, 2 of 3 from 2023-04-17T04:00
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 k...
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YCBK 317: Why you were denied from 2023-04-13T04:00
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 de...
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YCBK 316: What you need to know about aid awards and paying for college Part 1 of 3 from 2023-04-10T04:00
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 Jon...
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YCBK 315: The future of legacy preferences in admissions decisions from 2023-04-06T04:00
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 thre...
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YCBK 314: Interview with Initialview founders Gloria&Terry Crawford-Part 4/4 from 2023-04-03T04:00
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 T...
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YCBK 313: The pros&cons of Colorado College dropping out of US News rankings from 2023-03-30T04:00
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 a...
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YCBK 312: The founders of Initialview discuss their product for US students: Elevator Pitch from 2023-03-27T04:00
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 Initi...
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YCBK 311: The incredible shrinking future of college from 2023-03-23T04:00
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 (54:55) Li...
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YCBK 310: How to appeal for more money from a college, plus Part 2 of the interview with the founders of Initialview from 2023-03-20T04:00
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 Crawfor...
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YCBK 309: Ditch the degree? Many Employers Are Just Fine With That from 2023-03-16T04:00
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 ar...
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YCBK 308: How colleges use Initialview to get to know their applicants more: An interview with the Founders from 2023-03-13T04:00
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...
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YCBK 307: The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds from 2023-03-09T05:00
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 s...
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YCBK 306: Kirby Mcilyar Interview-How to choose a major and a career-3 of 3 from 2023-03-06T05:00
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 ...
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YCBK 305: Seeking gender balance, some selective colleges give men a leg up in admissions from 2023-03-02T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (22:50) Susan and Mark discuss an article written by Charlotte West of the Hechinger Report: An unnoticed result of the decline of men in college: It’s harder for w...
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YCBK 304: Kirby Mcilyar Interview-How to choose a major and a career-2 of 3 from 2023-02-27T05:00
In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares four Higher Ed updates ² Susan answers the Speakpipe question, Why does the College Board have so many fees? Cortnie ² Mark interviews Kirby Mci...
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YCBK 303: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid-Part 2 of 2 from 2023-02-23T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (17:30) Julia and Mark discuss an article written by Mari McQuaid, a former MIT admission officer entitled: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid. Last Thursday,...
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YCBK 302: Kirby Mcilyar Interview-How to choose a major and a career-1 of 3 from 2023-02-20T05:00
In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares highlights and lowlights of the 300 episodes of YCBK ² Lisa answers the Speakpipe question, What is the enrollment cliff? Tressa ² Mark intervie...
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YCBK 301: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid-Part 1 of 2 from 2023-02-16T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:58) Vince and Mark discuss an article written by Mari McQuaid, a former MIT admission officer entitled: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid. Vince will dis...
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YCBK 300: Celebrating 300th episode and Mitch Warren interview about Purdue from 2023-02-13T05:00
In this episode you will hear: ² Mark shares highlights and lowlights of the 300 episodes of YCBK ² Lisa answers the Speakpipe question, How flexible are financial aid deadlines? Jamie from M...
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YCBK 299: Armed by A.I Chatbots, Universities start revamping how they teach from 2023-02-09T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (19:14) Susan and Mark discuss what colleges are doing about Chatbots like ChatGPT to prevent students from falsifying their work. They also speculate what admissio...
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YCBK 298: Mitch Warren Interview: Understanding Purdue-Part 2 of 3 from 2023-02-06T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares a half dozen Higher Ed updates. Lynda answers the Speakpipe question, How to evaluate what engineering programs are a good match for your kid Mark inte...
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YCBK 297: No engagement no acceptance at Tulane University from 2023-02-02T05:00
(12:38) Dave and Mark discuss an article in the Tulane University admission blog by the Director of Admission Engagement, Owen Knight. The article was written on Sept 16, 2022 and it is entitle...
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YCBK 296: Mitch Warren Interview: Understanding Purdue-Part 1 of 3 from 2023-01-30T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares a half dozen Higher Ed updates. Mark interviews Mitch Warren, Associate Vice Provost and Director of Admissions at Purdue University. Title: Understand...
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YCBK 295: 7 Higher-Ed Trends to watch in 2023 from 2023-01-26T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:05) Dave and Mark discuss an article in Higher Ed Drive by Jeremy Bauer entitled, “7 higher-educational trends to watch in 2023. (44:28) Lisa and Mark discuss...
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YCBK 294: What is FERPA: Hillary Dickman interview from 2023-01-23T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares higher ed updates on five different topics Mark interviews Hillary Dickman, the Assistant Director of Admissions at Colorado College on the topic of, “...
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YCBK 293: Hi-scoring students drive up apps from 2023-01-19T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (26:36) Julia and Mark discuss who are the students that are driving up the number of applications at selective colleges? What can we learn by a recent study that l...
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YCBK 292: A creative way to see how many spots are available for your kid from 2023-01-16T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark lets listeners know what are the 16 blog articles that Mark and Lisa have written so far. Mark interviews Hillary Dickman, the Assistant Director of Admission...
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YCBK 291: The dirty secrets of elite college admissions from 2023-01-12T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:42) Evan Mandery writes for Mother Jones in an article that went live on 10-31-2022. The article looks at what it refers to as, “The dirty secrets of elite coll...
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YCBK 290: Hillary Dickman explains how Early Decision 1 differs from ED2 from 2023-01-09T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares six Higher Ed updates on topics as wide-ranging as Rick Singer, Hillary Clinton, Ron DeSantis, US News and World Report and Columbia University Mark in...
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YCBK 289: Student Search: A Point-Counterpoint from 2023-01-05T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:50) Mark and Susan discuss the article by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark in degreechoices.com entitled, “College Search-A Point-Counterpoint. Brennan argues aga...
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YCBK 288: Gus Resendiz, Avoiding the potholes in athletic recruiting 3/3 from 2023-01-02T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares all the things that listeners do that inspire the co-hosts to keep producing 10 hours a month of new content for you Mark shares what a panel of expert...
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YCBK 287: The College Essay Is Dead from 2022-12-29T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (14:30) Mark and Dave discuss Stephen Marche’s December 6th 2022 article in the Atlantic entitled, “The College Essay is Dead”. Dave and Mark debate the merits of t...
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YCBK 286: Gus Resendiz, Avoiding the potholes in athletic recruiting Part 2 from 2022-12-26T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares 5 Higher Ed Updates that all have to do with college finances Mark interviews Gus Resendiz of Massachusetts, “Avoiding the pot holes in athletic recrui...
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YCBK 285: Elite Colleges’ Quiet Fight to Favor Alumni Children from 2022-12-22T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (18:46) Mark and Julia discuss an article from Stephanie Saul that appeared in the New York Times updated on October 31st entitled, “Elite Colleges’ Quiet Fight to ...
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YCBK 284: Gus Resendiz, Avoiding the potholes in athletic recruiting from 2022-12-19T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares 10 Higher Ed Updates Mark interviews Gus Resendiz of Massachusetts, “Avoiding the pot holes in athletic recruiting” Preview of Part 1 Gus gives h...
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YCBK 283: Want to get into Penn? Show a little gratitude—on an essay prompt from 2022-12-15T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (24:43)Mark and Vince discuss two articles. The first one is a Forbes article by Brennan Barnard entitled, “College Admissions: Thanks in Advance” The second articl...
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YCBK 282: Vern Granger, Understanding the University of Connecticut-2/2 from 2022-12-12T05:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark gives an overview of his visit to nine colleges in southern California Mark shares five new Higher Ed Updates Mark interviews Vern Granger, Director of Admiss...
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YCBK 281: Yale accused of discriminating against students with mental illness from 2022-12-08T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (01:48) 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 w...
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YCBK 280: Interview with Vern Granger, Director of Admissions at U Conn from 2022-12-05T05:00
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 us...
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YCBK 279: The Future of Fair Admissions: Is Early Decision Fair? from 2022-12-01T05:00
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 w...
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YCBK 278: More wisdom from Arlene Cash from 5 decades of admission experience from 2022-11-28T05:00
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, compl...
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YCBK 277: How to know if a college is really test-optional from 2022-11-24T05:00
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 Hechinge...
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YCBK 276: Many top ranked law schools drop out of US News rankings from 2022-11-21T05:00
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 labo...
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YCBK 275: Higher Ed is freaking out that affirmative action may end from 2022-11-17T05:00
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...
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YCBK 274: Arlene Cash, wisdom from 5 decades as an admissions leader from 2022-11-14T05:00
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. Mar...
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YCBK 273: There is still one big trick for getting into an elite college from 2022-11-10T05:00
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 o...
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YCBK 272: Dr. Martha Saunders, President, Understanding U of West Florida from 2022-11-07T05:00
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 libr...
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YCBK 271: 10 Things to know if you want to major in business from 2022-11-03T04:00
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 h...
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YCBK 270: Dr. Martha Saunders, President of UWF, Miscellaneous Topics 2/2 from 2022-10-31T04:00
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...
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YCBK 269: Northern Kids Heading South For College from 2022-10-27T04:00
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 o...
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YCBK 268: Dr. Martha Saunders, President of UWF, Miscellaneous Topics from 2022-10-24T04:00
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 grin...
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YCBK 267: College students face costlier rent&food even as tuition soars from 2022-10-20T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (27:22) Mark and Julia discuss an August 17th, 2022 article in Bloomberg by and entitled, “College students face costlier rent and food, even as tuition soars” Ju...
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YCBK 266: Dr. Nick Gozik: What you need to know about Study Abroad-2/2 from 2022-10-17T04:00
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 inte...
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YCBK 265: How did U of Portland get a 13.4 million dollar shortfall from 2022-10-13T04:00
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...
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YCBK 264: Dr. Nick Gozik: What you need to know about Study Abroad from 2022-10-10T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 263: Are colleges that don’t produce big earners worth it? from 2022-10-06T04:00
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. ...
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YCBK 262: Two big announcements and Darrell Edmonds interview Part 2 of 2 from 2022-10-03T04:00
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 Par...
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YCBK 261: College Financial Aid is a Sham from 2022-09-29T04:00
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...
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YCBK 260: Darrell Edmonds: Why I returned to the University of Delaware from 2022-09-26T04:00
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 commi...
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YCBK 259: Admission expert Jon Boeckenstedt Interview from 2022-09-22T04:00
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 a...
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YCBK 258: Matt Ward: Understanding Cal Lutheran University 2 of 2 from 2022-09-19T04:00
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 Y...
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YCBK 257: Be a College Admission Data Scientist from 2022-09-15T04:00
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...
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YCBK 256: Matt Ward: Understanding Cal Lutheran University 1 of 2 from 2022-09-12T04:00
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 ...
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YCBK 255: Under big demand, UC aims to grow by 33,000 seats from 2022-09-08T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark and Vince discuss two different articles that appeared in the LA Times that address the number of students at the nine University of California schools. Both a...
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YCBK 254: Tom Becker: Understanding the University of Pittsburgh 3 of 3 from 2022-09-05T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark and Lynda continue their announcement from last week about Student Loan Forgiveness by focusing on two aspects of Biden’s new Income Driven Repayment program (...
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YCBK 253: Why campus tours keep Presidents up at night from 2022-09-01T04:00
(09:15) Mark and Susan discuss a July 10th article by Adam Platt that appeared in the Twin Cities Business Magazine, entitled, “Why Campus Tours Keep Presidents up at Night”. The article looks...
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YCBK 252: Tom Becker: Understanding the University of Pittsburgh 2 of 3 from 2022-08-29T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark and Lynda take all of the announcement time to discuss Biden’s announcement about Student Loan Forgiveness. The interview is the second part of a three-part in...
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YCBK 251: Why Dartmouth dropped 5 varsity sports from 2022-08-25T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:44) Mark and Dave discuss a March 29th article by Kyle Mullins in the Dartmouth, the nation’s oldest college newspaper entitled, “The Right Play”. The article l...
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YCBK 250: Tom Becker: Understanding the University of Pittsburgh from 2022-08-22T04:00
In this episode you will hear: It is our big 250th episode!!!! We have six announcements and then an interview with Tom Becker, the Associate Director at the University of Pittsburgh. Susan Tree ...
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YCBK 249: College admissions, who knows what? from 2022-08-18T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:20) Mark and Julia discuss a June 6th article in Forbes by Brennan Barnard entitled, “College admissions, who knows what”. This is the of this three-part seri...
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YCBK 248: Marichal Gentry: How to excel while in college-Part 2 from 2022-08-15T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Announcements about the various college applications with a special focus on the Coalition. More information about YCBK PLUS Interview: Marichal Gentry Part 2 Mar...
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YCBK 247: College enrollment is dropping even though the pandemic is waning from 2022-08-11T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:30) Mark and Vince discuss a May 26th article by Stephanie Saul that appeared in the New York Times entitled, “College Enrollment Drops, Even as the Pandemic’s ...
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YCBK 246: Marichal Gentry: How to excel while in college-Part 1 from 2022-08-08T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Announcements and introduction of our newest team member, Lynda Doepker. Lynda and Mark will discuss her new role on the podcast Interview: Marichal Gentry Marich...
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YCBK 245: The testing predators have beat the ACT&the College Board from 2022-08-04T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (23:02) Mark and Susan discuss an article by Akil Bello, written on June 27th, 2022 that appeared in Forbes entitled, “The testing predators have beaten the ACT and...
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YCBK 244: Dr. Christina Boyd: Navigating a B/C student with ADD through the college process from 2022-08-01T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Announcements Interview Dr. Christina Boyd-Smith Christina Boyd-Smith gives her backstory Christina discussed when she realized her son had ADD Christina and Lisa...
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YCBK 243: Elite colleges quiet fight to favor alumni kids from 2022-07-28T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:20) Mark and Dave discuss an article by Stephanie Saul, written on July 13th, 2022 that appeared in the New York Times entitled, “Elite Colleges Quiet fight to ...
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YCBK 242: Ben Baum helps us understand St. John’s College-Part 2/2 from 2022-07-25T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Announcements Interview Benjamin Baum, VP of Enrollment, St. John’s College How are the two campuses and college cultures different? Do faculty move between campu...
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YCBK 241: More kids take gap year to seek an admissions edge from 2022-07-21T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (25:34) Mark and Julia discuss an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal April 28th, 2002 by Alex Janin. The article is entitled, “seeking college admissi...
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YCBK 240: Ben Baum helps us to understand St. John’s College from 2022-07-18T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Announcements Interview Benjamin Baum, VP of Enrollment, St. John’s College Ben gives his backstory What is unique about St. John’s College? The unique history ...
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YCBK 239: Transfer Admissions from Community College to UVA from 2022-07-14T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:04) Mark and Vince discuss an article in The Washington Post, entitled, ”Inside Elite Admissions from Community College to UVA”. The article was actually writte...
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YCBK 238: Dr. Angela McIver explains how Trapezium Math helps students from 2022-07-11T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares five announcements in Higher Ed Interview Dr. Angela McIver, Trapezium Math Preview Angela gives her background as former math teacher and she starts ...
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YCBK 237: Do Universities Rescind Their Admissions Offers from 2022-07-07T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (19:16) Mark and Susan discuss an article in Grown and Flown, entitled, ”Do Universities Actually Rescind Their Admissions Offers”. The article was actually written...
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YCBK 236: Brynn describes her college journey from Wyoming to Colgate from 2022-07-04T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Lisa talks about how the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion may impact colleges Student Interview Brynn Burton Preview Brynn’s background The role of Scholar ...
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YCBK 235: How Hillsdale college is at war with public HS from 2022-06-30T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (14:40) Mark and Dave discuss an article about Hillsdale College, entitled, How this tiny Christian college is driving the rights nationwide war against Public scho...
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YCBK 234: Interview about CLEP courses with David Vise-Part 3/3 from 2022-06-27T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares one big announcement this week from the state of Maryland. Interview David Vise, Executive Director of Modernstates.org Part 3 Preview Dave expla...
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YCBK 233: The Debt Trap: How student loans became a catastrophe from 2022-06-23T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:24) Mark and Dave discuss an article where Michel Martin interviews Josh Mitchell about his book, “The Debt Trap: How student loans became a catastrophe”. The b...
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YCBK 232: Interview about CLEP courses with David Vise-Part 2/3 from 2022-06-20T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares several announcements about major developments in Higher Education Mark takes 10 minutes to survey the college landscape and look at which colleges wi...
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YCBK 231: Advice from College Admissions Deans-Part 2 from 2022-06-16T04:51:35
In this episode you will hear: (05:30) Julia Esquivel makes her debut as one of our co-hosts in our monthly rotation for our “In the News” segment. Mark and Julia discuss a Washington Post articl...
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YCBK 230: Interview about CLEP&Modernstates.org with David Vise from 2022-06-13T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Mark shares several announcements about major developments in Higher Education Interview David Vise, Executive Director of Modernstates.org Part 1 Preview Davi...
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YCBK 229: What one college did to triple their applicants in 10 years from 2022-06-09T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (18:05) Vince Garcia makes his debut as one of our co-hosts in our monthly rotation for our “In the News” segment. Mark and Vince discuss an Inside Higher Ed articl...
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YCBK 228: Interview with Scott Muir, Leader of “Study The Humanities” from 2022-06-06T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Preview Scott works at the National Humanities Alliance, a member-supported coalition dedicated to advocating for the value of the humanities in communities and on ...
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YCBK 227: Is telling our kids to follow their passions bad advice? from 2022-06-02T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Susan Tree, Mark’s former colleague and friend for over 20 years makes her debut as an official co-host. (15:45) Susan and Mark discuss a GrownandFlown.com articl...
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YCBK 226: Maryland makes change and hires workers without college degrees from 2022-05-26T04:00
In this episode you will hear: Before beginning the podcast Mark announces a blockbuster change that will change the nature of the YCBK podcast in a major way and the announcement is effective on...
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YCBK 225: Is it ethical for an admissions office to withhold admit rates from 2022-05-19T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (30:20) In this segment of “In the News” Mark and Dave discuss an April 4th, 2022 article by Jim Jump that appeared in “Inside Higher Ed” entitled, “Is it ethical t...
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YCBK 224: How Amherst came to value community college transfers from 2022-05-12T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:05) In this segment of “In the News” Mark and Dave discuss a March 23rd, 2022 article by that appeared in “Inside Higher Ed” entitled, “How Amherst College Bec...
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YCBK 223: The College Admission Process is Completely Broken from 2022-05-05T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:14) In this segment of “In the News” Mark and Dave discuss a March 23rd, 2022 article by Jeffrey Selingo that appeared in “The Atlantic” entitled, “The College ...
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YCBK 222: Did Columbia game US News college rankings from 2022-04-28T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:20) Mark and Dave discuss a Washington Post March 23rd, 2022 article by Wisconsin math professor Jordan Ellenberg, entitled, “Did Columbia game US News college ...
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YCBK 221: Does Calculus count too much in admissions from 2022-04-21T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:45) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Mark and Dave discuss a February 14th, 2022 article, by Scott Jaschik that appeared in the Inside Higher Ed. The art...
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YCBK 220: Merit aid for Early Decision applicants is murky from 2022-04-14T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:58) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Mark and Dave discuss a January 12th, 2022 article, by Ron Lieber that appeared in the New Times. The article is ent...
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YCBK 219: How kindness can impact admission officers from 2022-04-07T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:20) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Mark and Dave discuss a April 4th, 2017 article, by Becky Sabky that appeared as an oped in the New York Times. At t...
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YCBK 218: Legacy admissions&ED under attack from 2022-03-31T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:58) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Mark and Dave discuss a March 14th, 2022 article, by Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed, “New York Bill would ban leg...
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YCBK 217: Do recommendation letters discriminate? from 2022-03-24T04:00:51
In this episode you will hear: (13:40) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Mark and Dave discuss a Feb 22nd, 2022 article, by Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed, “Are recommendation letters a ...
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YCBK 216: Admissions decisions that are perplexing from 2022-03-17T04:00:06
(12:05) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Dave returns and Mark and Dave discuss a Feb 14th, 2022 article, by Brennan Barnard of Forbes, “Things that make yuo go Hmmm. Brennan Barnard in...
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YCBK 215: Judge orders UC Berkeley: Admit less kids from 2022-03-10T05:00:50
In this episode you will hear: (12:32) In this week’s “In the news” segment, Dave has the week off to celebrate his birthday, but Vince Garcia and Mark discuss a Feb 14th, 2022 article, by Fran...
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YCBK 214: Embellished essays&fake patents from 2022-03-03T05:00:41
In this episode you will hear: (16:40) In this week’s “In the news” segment, we discuss a Jan 13th, 2022 article, “How college applicants embellish essays with sob stories and fake patents. The a...
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YCBK 213: A deep dive into the NEW SAT test from 2022-02-24T05:00:47
In this episode you will hear: (11:15) In this week’s “In the news” segment, we discuss Ben Paris Jan 31st, 2022 article, “A Test prep persons anaylsis of the new SAT” Mark and Dave have a detail...
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YCBK 212: Is the Munger dorm bad for mental health from 2022-02-17T05:00:28
In this episode you will hear: (07:20) In this week’s “In the news” segment, we do the big “switcheroo” and Lisa tackles an “in the news” question that was sent in and directed to her. It looks a...
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YCBK 211: Interview with UCLA admission dean from 2022-02-10T05:00:27
(13:06) In this week’s “In the news” segment, we discuss two articles on the same topic, that both came out on January 10th, 2022. The first is by Melissa Korn in the Wall Street Journal entitl...
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YCBK 210: Some colleges adapt to survive from 2022-02-03T05:00:32
In this episode you will hear: (18:28) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a January, 2022 article in The Hechinger Report, by Jon Marcus “Faced with an existential crisis, some colleges do som...
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YCBK 209: Admission double standard from 2022-01-27T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (19:34) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a August 19th, 2021 article in Forbes, by Brennan Barnard “the admission double standard” Mark and Dave discuss how i...
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YCBK 208: Colleges spend billions on marketing from 2022-01-20T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:20) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a November 1st, 2021 article in the Hechinger Report, by Jon Marcus “From Google ads to NFL sponsorships: Colleges spe...
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YCBK 207: Humanities majors drop 8 years in a row from 2022-01-13T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:05) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a November 22nd, 2021 article in the Hechinger Report, by jill Barshay “The number of college graduates in the humanit...
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YCBK 206: Is college worth it? from 2022-01-06T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:28) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a blog article from the Josiah Barlett center of Public Policy entitled, by Andrew Cline “Is College Worth Is: Usually...
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YCBK 205: The new 3-year degree (Part 2) from 2021-12-30T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:25) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a November 9th, 2021 article by Emma Whitford of “Inside Higher Ed”, “A New push to create a 3-year degree option”. Ma...
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YCBK 204: A new push to create a 3-year degree from 2021-12-23T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (32:03) In this week’s “In the news” segment, a November 9th, 2021 article by Emma Whitford of “Inside Higher Ed”, “A New push to create a 3-year degree option”. Ma...
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YCBK 203: 15 College Admission Trends from 2021-12-16T23:50:49
In this episode you will hear: (14:14) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 3rd, 2021 article by Ron Daniels of “The Atlantic”, “Universities are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democ...
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YCBK 202: Universities can’t dodge ethics from 2021-12-09T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:18) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 3rd, 2021 article by Ron Daniels of “The Atlantic”, “Universities are Shunning Their Responsibility to Democ...
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YCBK 201: Do applicants lie about their race from 2021-12-02T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:36) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 25th, 2021 article by Scott Jaschik of “Inside Higher Ed”, “Do applicants lie about their race?” The website...
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YCBK 200: Getting rid of legacy admissions from 2021-11-25T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:32) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 4th, 2021 article by Scott Jaschik of “Inside Higher Ed”, “Can young alumni get colleges to drop legacy admi...
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YCBK 199: How important are AP classes from 2021-11-18T17:37:05
In this episode you will hear: (07:52) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 4th, 2021 article by Allison Tate of “USA Today”, “How important is it to take AP Classes for College Admiss...
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YCBK 198: The media is not your friend from 2021-11-11T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:54) In this week’s “In the news segment, a September 20th article by Patrick O’Connor of the Counselors’ Corner blog, “The media is not a college applicant's...
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YCBK 197: Admission Survey in a Wild Year from 2021-11-04T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:50) In this week’s “In the news segment, a September 20th article by Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed, “Admissions Survey in a Wild Year” This article looks a...
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YCBK 196: Mark&Dave debate why grad rates are low from 2021-10-28T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:23) In this week’s “In the news segment, an October 10th article by Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report, “Most college students don’t graduate in 4 years so the...
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YCBK 195: The Olympics explains Admissions-Part 1 from 2021-10-21T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:25) In this week’s “In the news segment, an August 11th article by Rick Clark, (Director of Undergraduate admissions at Georgia Tech) from the Georgia Tech a...
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YCBK 194: Advice from College Admission Deans from 2021-10-14T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:35) In this week’s “In the news segment, a September 26, 2019 Washington Post article by Valerie Strauss article entitled, “The truth about college admissions —...
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YCBK 193: College Rankings have led colleges astray from 2021-10-07T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:25) In this week’s “In the news segment, an August 6, 2021 Washington Post article by Susan Paterno entitled, “College rankings have fueled an arms race that...
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YCBK 192: The case for a college exit exam from 2021-09-30T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:26) In this week’s “In the news segment, an August 11, 2021 Wall Street Journal article by Douglas Belkin, “The case for a college exit exam”. The article look...
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YCBK 191: State colleges prioritize out of state kids from 2021-09-23T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:00) In this week’s “In the news segment, an August 19, 2019 USA Today article by Teghan Simonton entitled, “College recruiters aggressively go after out of s...
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YCBK 190: A generation of men give up on college from 2021-09-16T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:45) In this week’s “In the news segment, a September 6th, 2021 Wall Street Journal article by Douglas Belkin looks at the data indisputably proving that college...
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YCBK 189: 2U buys Edx to expand online courses from 2021-09-09T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:45) In this week’s “In the news segment, a June 29th, 2021 Harvard Crimson article by Nate Herpich looks at why 2U bought Edx for 800 million dollars, what chan...
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YCBK 188: Why apps are way up at HBCUs from 2021-09-02T14:40:24
In this episode you will hear: (09:58) In this week’s “In the news segment, a Feb 2nd, 2021 Inside Higher Ed article by Greta Anderson looks at a research study that explains why so many students...
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YCBK 187: The Future of the Campus tour from 2021-08-26T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (17:23) In this week’s “In the news segment, a July 21st, 2021 Inside Higher Ed article by Scott Jaschik about how colleges tours have changed in the age of covid. ...
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YCBK 186: Simple FAFSA pushed back to 2024 from 2021-08-19T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:50) In this week’s “In the news segment, a June, 2021 Washington Post article by Daniel Douglas Gabriel about how the Simplified FAFSA will no longer be impleme...
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YCBK 185: Colleges split on requiring vaccine shots from 2021-08-12T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:40) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 21st, 2021 article in the Washington Post by five authors entitled, “Colleges want students to get a coronaviru...
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YCBK184: Withholding transcripts over unpaid bills from 2021-08-05T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:00) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 17th, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger report entitled, “Colleges fight attempts to stop them from...
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YCBK 183: Colleges hunt for kids who left HS from 2021-07-29T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (18:18) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 19th, 2021 article from Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Hunt is on for high school students ...
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YCBK 182: Plummeting birthrates impacts colleges from 2021-07-29T00:45:30
In this episode you will hear: (20:41) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a May 22nd, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report entitled, “Colleges face a reckoning as plummeting bi...
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YCBK 181: Why so many men are not in college from 2021-07-15T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:02) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a January 19th, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report entitled, The pandemic is speeding up the mass di...
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YCBK 180: 1st state to ban alumni admissions from 2021-07-08T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (12:58) In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 1st, 2021 article from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Legacy Admissions Banned i...
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YCBK 179: Social class and college admissions from 2021-07-01T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (20:10) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Arvind Ashok of the New York Times. The article is entitled, “The Persistent Grip of Social Class on C...
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YCBK 178: Which schools public colleges recruit from 2021-06-24T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:35) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Scot Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Where do Public Research Universities Recr...
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YCBK 177: Don’t trust college lists that high schools produce from 2021-06-17T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:08) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Ron Lieber of The New York Times. The article is entitled, “High Schools Are Producing Their College L...
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YCBK 176: What employers look for in college grads from 2021-06-10T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:37) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Karen Fischer from the Chronicle Higher Education. The article is entitled, “The employer mismatch”. T...
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YCBK 175: Test-optional admissions yields benefits from 2021-06-03T10:48:22
In this episode you will hear: (07:02) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Test-optional admissions yields benefits....
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YCBK 174: Interest is surging in stackable degrees from 2021-05-27T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:18) In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Jon Marcus of The Hechinger Report. The article entitled, “Urgency of getting people back to work give...
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YCBK 173: Covid is causing depression and anxiety with students from 2021-05-23T21:48:17
In this episode you will hear: (13:24) In this week’s news segment, an article from Brennan Barnard of Forbes. The article entitled, “College Admissions: Do you belong”. The article looks at the ...
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YCBK 172: Ex-Dean may go to jail for changing rankings from 2021-05-13T06:38:12
In this episode you will hear: (12:10) In this week’s news segment, an article from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article looks at the ways in which former Temple business school dean, ,...
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YCBK 171: Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Payments to Student-Athletes from 2021-05-06T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:08) In this week’s news segment, an article from New York Times “Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Payments to Student-Athletes”, by Adam Liptak. Justices acros...
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YCBK 170: Is There a Bias Against Asian-American College Applicants? from 2021-04-29T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:09) In this week’s news segment, an article from College Transitions “Is There a Bias Against Asian College Applicants”. As an Asian teenager, or parent of one,...
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YCBK 169: Nearly Half of Parents Don’t Want Kids Going Straight to 4-Year College from 2021-04-22T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:25) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Hechinger Report “Poll Nearly half of parents don’t want their kids to go straight to a four-year college”,...
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YCBK 168: Do Top Colleges Favor Wealthy Applicants? from 2021-04-15T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:01) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed “Do Top Colleges Favor Applicants Who Are Extremely Wealthy” by Scott Jaschik. Article repor...
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YCBK 167: Yes, It’s Harder to Get Into Highly Selective Colleges Today from 2021-04-08T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:17) In this week’s news segment, an article from Education Next “Yes, It Really Is Harder to Get into Highly Selective Colleges Today” by Michael Petrilli. The ...
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YCBK 166: Wanted: Students for Admission to College from 2021-04-01T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:42) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes “Wanted: Students for Admission to College” by Brennan Bernard. There is a subset of colleges and univer...
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YCBK 165: 2021 College Admission Predictions from 2021-03-25T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:06) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes “2021 College Admission Predictions” by Brennan Bernard. College leaders offer their predictions for the...
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YCBK 164: Predicting Yield in 2021 from 2021-03-18T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:57) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Georgia Tech Admission Blog “Predicting Yield in 2021: Everyone Shorts It” by Rick Clark. Admission and enr...
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YCBK 163: The Surveilled Student from 2021-03-11T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:08) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Chronicle of Higher Ed “The Surveilled Student” by Katherine Mangan. The pandemic has prompted many college...
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YCBK 162: Many Colleges Make Big Cuts, A Few Opt for Permanent Transformation from 2021-03-04T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:48) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Hechinger Report “While Many Colleges Are Making Big Cuts, A Few Opt for Permanent Transformation” by Jon M...
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YCBK 161: The Mess that is college admissions (Part 3 of 3) from 2021-02-25T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:59) In this week’s news segment, an article from Vox “The Mess That is Elite College Admissions, Explained by a Former Dean” Jason England. The dean of an elite ...
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YCBK 160: The mess that is elite college admissions, explained by a former dean Part 2 of 4 from 2021-02-19T00:03:22
In this episode you will hear: (05:15) In this week’s news segment, an article from Vox “The Mess That is Elite College Admissions, Explained by a Former Dean” by Jason England. The dean of an elit...
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YCBK 159: The Mess That Is Elite College Admissions from 2021-02-11T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:07) In this week’s news segment, an article from Vox “The Mess That is Elite College Admissions, Explained by a Former Dean” by Jason England. The former dean of ...
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YCBK 158: California’s rejection of affirmative action affects university admissions from 2021-02-04T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:07) In this week’s news segment, an article from scotscott.com “California’s rejection of affirmative action affects university admissions” by Lindsay Augustine a...
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YCBK 157: The College Degree is Dividing America from 2021-01-28T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (14:40) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed “The College Degree is Diving America: What Does that Mean for Higher Education?”, by Eric Kelde...
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YCBK 156: Common App Will No Longer Ask About Discipline Records from 2021-01-21T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:10) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes “Common App Will No Longer Ask About Discipline Records, by Elana Lyn Gross. The Common App is eliminatin...
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YCBK 155: Did Students in College Housing Learn Better? from 2021-01-14T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:43) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed “Did Students In College Housing Learn Better?”, by Greta Anderson. A new survey from American C...
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YCBK 154: COVID is leading to less students applying to college In 2021 from 2021-01-07T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:35) In this week’s news segment, an article from cnbc.com “COVID is making it harder to get into a top college”, by Jessica Dickler. The nation’s top schools saw ...
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YCBK 153: Supreme Court Will Hear NCAA Case on College Athlete Pay from 2020-12-31T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:08) In this week’s news segment, an article from Politico.com “Supreme Court Will Hear NCAA Case on College Athlete Pay”, by Leah Nylen and Juan Perez, Jr. The Su...
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YCBK 152: Applications Tank in the only State That Requires the SAT or ACT from 2020-12-24T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:24) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed “Applications Tank in State That Require SAT or ACT”, by Scott Jaschik. Florida public schools h...
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YCBK 151: The New M.B.A. from 2020-12-17T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (14:12) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Wall Street Journal “The New M.B.A.: Flexible, Cheaper and Lifelong”, by Patrick Thomas Harvard’s and Columbi...
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YCBK 150: How Much Will Biden Be Able to Do? from 2020-12-10T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:05) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed “How much will Biden be able to do?”, by Kery Murakami. Joe Biden will head to the White House w...
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YCBK 149: Colleges Woo Students with Bargain Tuition Rates from 2020-12-03T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:58) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes “Colleges Woo Students with Bargain Tuition Rates”, by Emma Whitford. Out of fear of drastic enrollment dr...
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YCBK 148: The Big College Expense: Mandatory Health Insurance from 2020-11-26T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:12) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes “The big college expense you probably didn’t know about and save for: mandatory health insurance”, by Bruc...
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YCBK 147: Study: Women who Study with Women Persist from 2020-11-19T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:12) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Hechinger Report “When women studied with women, they persisted, study finds”, by Jill Barshay. A Swiss exper...
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YCBK 146: Another Problem with Shifting Education Online: Cheating from 2020-11-12T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:20) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Hechinger Report “Another Problem with Shifting Education Online: Cheating”, by Derek Newton. When universiti...
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YCBK 145: Enrollment&Financial Crises Threaten Growing List of Academic Disciplines from 2020-11-05T05:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:07) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Hechinger Report “Enrollment and Financial Crises Threaten Growing List of Academic Disciplines”. Small enro...
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YCBK 144: American College Students Look North to Canada – and Savings from 2020-10-29T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (03:39) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Schools “American College Students Look North to Canada – and Savings”. American students shopping for colle...
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YCBK 143: Top College Should Grow, Not Crow About Rejecting Nearly Everyone from 2020-10-22T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:10) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Washington Post “Top colleges should grow, rather than crow about rejecting nearly everyone” by Jay Matthews....
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YCBK 142: Med School Applications Soar in COVID-19 Era from 2020-10-15T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:02) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Wall Street Journal, “U.S. Medical School Applications Soar in COVID-19 Era” by Patrick Thomas. The pandemic...
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YCBK 141: 2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders from 2020-10-08T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:41) In this week’s news segment, an article from Insider Higher Ed, “2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders: A Mess of a Year” by Scott Jaschik. A new Gallup survey r...
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YCBK 140: Should College Applicants Focus Their Essays on the Pandemic? from 2020-10-01T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:34) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Washington Post, “College applicants will make the pandemic a focus of their admissions essays. Should they?”...
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YCBK 139: Exploring Unrealistic Undergraduate Salary Expectations from 2020-09-24T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:05) In this week’s news segment, an article from listwithclever.com, “Reality Check: Exploring Unrealistic Undergraduate Salary Expectations”, by Thomas O’Shaughn...
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YCBK 138: UC is Barred from All Use of Test Scores in Admissions from 2020-09-17T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:43) In this week’s news segment, an article from San Francisco Chronicle, “Judge bars University of California from all use of SAT,ACT scores in admissions”, by B...
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YCBK 137: A Guide to Virtual College Admissions Tools from 2020-09-10T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:13) In this week’s news segment, an article from US News and World Report, “A Guide to Virtual College Admissions Tools”, by Josh Moody. Virtual tours, chatbots ...
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YCBK 136: The Return of the Campus Tour from 2020-09-03T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:04) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “The Return of the Campus Tour”, by Scott Jaschik. There are some in-person campus tours that ...
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YCBK 135: Higher Education’s Very Bad Week from 2020-08-27T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:29) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes, “Higher Education’s Very Bad Week: NC and Michigan State Pivot, Notre Dame Pauses, and Protests Mount”, b...
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YCBK 134: Hundreds of Colleges/Universities Show Financial Warning Signs from 2020-08-20T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:15) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Hechinger Report, “Analysis: hundreds of colleges and universities show financial warning signs”, by Mikyung ...
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YCBK 133: Rethinking Effective Student Learning Experiences from 2020-08-13T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:24) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “Rethinking Effective Student Learning Experiences”, by Patrick Terenzini. There are six chara...
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YCBK 132: Panicked Universities Adding Thousands of New Majors from 2020-08-06T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:12) In this week’s news segment, an article from Hechinger Report, “Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors”, by Jon Marcus...
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YCBK 131: Pandemic Hurts Student Mental Health from 2020-07-30T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:07) In this week’s news segment, an article from Insider Higher Ed, “Pandemic Hurts Student Mental Health”, by Elizabeth Redden. A survey of 18,764 current colle...
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YCBK 130: New International Students to US May Hit Post WW2 Low from 2020-07-23T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (17:44) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes, “New International Students to US May Hit Post-WW2 Low”, by Stuart Anderson. For the upcoming academic y...
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YCBK 129: Williams College Cuts Tuition and Fall Semester Sports from 2020-07-16T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:22) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes, “Williams College Cuts Tuition 15% and Cancels Sports for Fall Semester”, by Anna Esaki-Smith. The prest...
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YCBK 128: UC Regents Declare Support to End Race-Blind Admissions from 2020-07-09T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:38) In this week’s news segment, an article from universityofcalifornia.edu, “UC Regents Declare Their Support for an End to Race-Blind Admissions”, by Nicole Fre...
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YCBK 127: The End of Colleges as We Knew It? from 2020-07-02T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:36) In this week’s news segment, an article from The New York Times, “The End of College as We Knew It”, by Frank Bruni. The public is skeptical that courses of ...
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YCBK 126: Colleges Are Deluding Themselves on Safe Reopen from 2020-06-25T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:13) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Atlantic, “Colleges Are Deluding Themselves”, by Michael Sorrell. The President of Paul Quinn College, Sorre...
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YCBK 125: New Evidence Documents that College Degrees Pay Off- By A Lot from 2020-06-18T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (13:25) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes.com, “New Evidence Documents That A College Degree Pays Off – By A Lot”, by Michael Nietzel. The College ...
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YCBK 124: Brown University Cuts 11 of Its Varsity Sports from 2020-06-11T04:00
In this episode you will hear: (21:49) In this week’s news segment, an article from Providence Journal, “Brown University Will Cut 11 of Its Varsity Sports”, by Bill Koch. 150 student athletes and...
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YCBK 123: Public Schools May Not Be Public Much Longer from 2020-06-04T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (17:52) In this week’s news segment, an article from The New York Times, “The ‘Public’ in Public College Could Be Endangered”, by Kevin Carey. As the pandemic drills...
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YCBK 122: University of CA Suspends SAT/ACT Requirement from 2020-05-28T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:05) In this week’s news segment, an article from Los Angeles Times, “UC Makes Landmark Decision to Drop ACT/SAT Requirement for Admissions”, by Teresa Watanabe . ...
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YCBK 121: More Scrutiny of Legacy Admissions from 2020-05-21T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (19:03) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “More Scrutiny of Legacy Admissions”, by Kery Murakami. Since the Varsity Blues scandal, prefer...
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YCBK 120: The importance of kindness in college admissions from 2020-05-14T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (16:42) In this week’s news segment, an article from The New York Times, “Check This Box if You’re a Good Person”, by Rebecca Sabky. A college admissions professional...
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YCBK 119: Many Seniors Are Too Uncertain to Commit to a College from 2020-05-07T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:42) In this week’s news segment, an article from USA Today, “Amid coronavirus layoffs, high school seniors are too uncertain to commit to a college”, by Chris Qui...
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YCBK 118: “The Big If” Will colleges return to residential education in the fall from 2020-04-30T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (20:38) In this week’s news segment, an article from Lilah Burke of Inside Higher Ed, “The Big If’. The article looks at how colleges are beginning to telegraph what ...
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YCBK 117: Test-optional Does Not Mean Test Blind from 2020-04-23T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:29) In this week’s news segment, an article from Applerouth.com, “Test-optional Does Not Mean Test Blind”, by Jed Applerouth. This article explains that admission...
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YCBK 116: Financial Hits Pile Up for Colleges due to COVID-19 from 2020-04-16T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (14:03) In this week’s news segment, an article from APNews.com, “Financial Hits Pile Up for Colleges as Some Fight to Survive”, by Collin Binkley and Jeff Amy. COVID...
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YCBK 115: How COVID-19 has Changed Plans for Prospective Students from 2020-04-09T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:56) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, “How is COVID-19 Changing Prospective Students’ Plans”, by Eric Hoover. With c...
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YCBK 114: How colleges are recruiting students without college tours from 2020-04-02T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:46) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed by Scott Jaschik that discusses the variety of creative ways colleges are recruiting without stu...
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YCBK 113: How Covid-19 could impact admissions from 2020-03-26T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:40) In this week’s news segment, an article from saraharberson.com, “How Coronavirus Could Impact College Admissions”, by Sara Harberson. Written by a former dean...
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YCBK 112: Are Any Colleges Insured Against Coronavirus Fallout? from 2020-03-19T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (15:57) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “Are Any Colleges Insured Against Coronavirus Fallout?”, by Emma Whitford. As COVID-19 continue...
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YCBK 111: Forced into Marriage for Financial Aid from 2020-03-12T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:53) In this week’s news segment, an article from Huffington Post, I Was Forced To Get Married To Finish College. Here’s Why And What Has To Change, by Samantha Hu...
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YCBK 110: The Rise of the Mega University from 2020-03-05T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (09:18) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Chronicle of Higher Ed, The Rise of the Mega-University, by Lee Gardiner. Mega-Universities Are On the Rise. ...
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YCBK 109: Many colleges plan on poaching students from 2020-02-27T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:03) In this week’s news segment, an article from Inside Higher Ed, by Lilah Burke entitled, “Preparing to Poach”. Mark and Dave discuss a new study by EAB that l...
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YCBK 108: The Top 10 Educational Stories in 2019-Part 2 from 2020-02-20T08:00
In this episode you will hear: Anika has a special announcement about a new format we will be implementing beginning in episode 109. (13:20) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes, “...
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YCBK 107: The Top 10 Educational Stories in 2019 from 2020-02-13T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:51) In this week’s news segment, an article from Forbes, “The Year’s Top Ten Educational Stories” by Michael Nietzel. Mark’s lifelong friend, Dr. Williams serves ...
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YCBK 106: How to Fix College Admissions, Part 3 from 2020-02-06T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (20:37) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “How to Fix College Admissions”Part 3, by Melissa Korn. Korn interviews several groups in th...
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YCBK 105: How to Fix College Admissions, Part 2 from 2020-01-30T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:45) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “How to Fix College Admissions”, by Melissa Korn. Korn interviews several groups in the worl...
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YCBK 104: How to Fix College Admissions from 2020-01-23T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:14) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “How to Fix College Admissions”, by Melissa Korn. Korn interviews several groups in the worl...
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YCBK 103: What Admissions Officers Really Want Part 2 from 2020-01-16T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:21) In this week’s news segment, an article from New York Times, “What Admissions Officers Really Want”, by Paul Tough. In Part 2 of our discussion of this excell...
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YCBK 102: What Admissions Officers Really Want from 2020-01-09T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (10:41) In this week’s news segment, an article from New York Times, “What Admissions Officers Really Want”, by Paul Tough. At the center of this article is the story...
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YCBK 101: Are You an Independent or Dependent Student? from 2020-01-02T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:35) In this week’s news segment, an article from nitrocollege.com, “Why College Students Should Work, But Only 12 Hours”, by Libby Miller. Research done by the De...
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YCBK 100: What is FAFSA4caster and How Can it Help? from 2019-12-26T08:00
In this episode you will hear: Special announcement: We open our podcast by celebrating our 100th episode with a special announcement. You can now listen to all of our interviews as stand alone ent...
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YCBK 99: What You Need to Know About the FAFSA from 2019-12-19T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:51) In this week’s news segment, an article from New York Times, “As Students Struggle With Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors”, by Brad Wolverton....
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YCBK 98: Why Your EFC Says You have to pay so much for college from 2019-12-12T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (08:17) In this week’s news segment, an article from The Atlantic, “College Admissions Hysteria Is Not the Norm”, by Alia Wong. A focus on highly selective schools ob...
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YCBK 97: Why is EFC So Important? from 2019-12-05T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:07) In this week’s news segment, an article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Unkept Promises: State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Access and ...
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YCBK 96: Who is Eligible for Federal Financial Aid (Grants and Loans)? from 2019-11-28T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:10) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “For Sale: SAT-Takers’ Names. Colleges Buy Student Data and Boost Exclusivity”, by Douglas B...
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YCBK 95: 5 Reasons Why College Costs Are Skyrocketing from 2019-11-21T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (07:40) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “Welcome to College Now Take a Year Off”, by Melissa Korn. Some colleges are offering financ...
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YCBK 94: Cost of Attendance and Why It’s Important from 2019-11-14T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:59) In this week’s news segment, an article from Bloomberg, “The Coming College Enrollment Bust”, by Justin Fox. Economists predict that there will be shifts in...
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YCBK 93: How to Not Go Crazy from the Admissions Process from 2019-11-07T08:00
In this episode you will hear: (11:45) In this week’s news segment, an article from Wall Street Journal, “Colleges Rethink Athletic Special Admissions in Wake of Indictments”, by Melissa Korn and B...
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YCBK 92: What is the Media Not Saying About College Admissions? from 2019-10-31T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (03:40) In this week’s news, an article from New York Times, “ACT Change Will Allow Students to Retake Individual Sections”, by Anemona Hartocollis. Starting in Septe...
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YCBK 91: Why the Buzz About the Coalition for College? from 2019-10-24T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:32) In this week’s news, an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Welcome to the Wild West: The Competition for College Applicants Just Intensified”, b...
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YCBK 90: Do Colleges Know Where Else Your Child Applies? from 2019-10-17T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:25) In this week’s news, an article from Insider Higher Ed, “Judge Upholds Harvard’s Admissions Policies”, by Scott Jaschik. Federal Judge Allison Burroughs of th...
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YCBK 89: What are the Differences Between AP and IB courses? from 2019-10-10T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (05:44) In this week’s news, an article from Business Insider, “9 Ways College is Different for Millennials Than it Was for Previous Generations”, by Hillary Hoffower...
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YCBK 88: Do Colleges Evaluate Your Child’s High School? from 2019-10-03T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:51) In this week’s news, an article from Wall Street Journal, “Fed Says Student Debt Has Hurt the U.S. Housing Market”, by Josh Mitchell and Laura Kasisto. Studen...
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YCBK 87: How Do Admissions Committees Make Decisions? from 2019-09-26T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:12) In this week’s news, an article from savingforcollege.com, “Surge in Number of Colleges Cutting Tuition”, by Mark Kantrowitz. Between 2012 through 2018 small ...
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YCBK 86: When Should You Start the Admissions Process? from 2019-09-19T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:16) In this week’s news, an article from the University Gazette, “Study Finds that More AP Classes May Not Be Better”. University of NC Chapel Hill’s undergraduat...
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YCBK 85: What Parents Can Do Now for Kids 12&Under from 2019-09-12T07:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:45) In this week’s news, an article from The Atlantic, “Parents Gone Wild: High Drama Inside D.C.’s Most Elite Private School” by Adam Harris. Sidwell Friends, a ...
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YCBK 84: How Students Can Benefit from Honors Colleges from 2019-09-05T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (04:53) In this week’s news, an article from Wall Street Journal, “Survive College Application Season with the Family in One Piece” by Sue Shellenbarger. Many parents...
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YCBK 83: 5 Ways to use a resume in the admission process from 2019-08-29T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:50) In this week’s news, an article from Forbes, “Admission Deans Share Tips for College Applications” by Brennan Barnard. Recognizing the many students will proc...
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YCBK 82: What is a Gap Year and Should I Take One? from 2019-08-22T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (06:20) In this week’s news, an article from Pro-Publica.org, “Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid” by Jodi Cohen and...
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YCBK 81: Common Mistakes Made by International Students from 2019-08-15T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (03:00) In this week’s news, an article from Pro-Publica, “The Admission Arms Race: Six Ways Colleges Game Their Numbers” by Marian Wang. Colleges are gaming their n...
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YCBK 80: Advice for Non-Traditional Students from 2019-08-08T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (5:28) In this week’s news, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “When Colleges Seek Diversity through Photoshop” by Scott Jaschik. Schools have been busted using Photos...
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YCBK 79: The Role of the High School Counselor from 2019-08-01T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (6:24) In this week’s news, an article from the Wall Street Journal, “Over 60 and Crushed by Student Loan Debt” by Anna Maria Andriotis. The last count for the amoun...
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YCBK 78: Should You Hire an Independent College Counselor? from 2019-07-25T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (4:37) In this week’s news, an article from Business Insider, “7 Admissions Officers Share the Things They Never Tell Applicants” by Joel Butterly. Butterly shares th...
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YCBK 77: How are Transfer Students Evaluated? from 2019-07-18T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:36) In this week’s news, an article from the Wall Street Journal, “Colleges Mine Data on their Applicants” by Douglas Belkin. Some colleges are tracking the onlin...
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YCBK 76: Mistakes Parents Make in the Application Process from 2019-07-11T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (5:03) In this week’s news, an article from The Atlantic, “College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students” by Saahil, Desai. African American males ar...
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YCBK 75: Reasons Why Colleges Rescind Acceptances from 2019-07-04T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (5:36) In this week’s news, a NY Times article “4 Years of College, $0 in Debt: How Some Countries Make Higher Education Affordable” by Lara Takenaga of the New Yor...
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YCBK 74: What is An Admission Hook? from 2019-06-27T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (8:09) In this week’s news, a Philadelphia Magazine article “Teenagers are More Stressed Than Ever. Who’s to Blame?” by Tom McGrath. McGrath suggests that affluent p...
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YCBK 73: What Applicants with Disabilities Should Know from 2019-06-20T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (5:30) In this week’s news, an Atlantic article “How to Rank College Ranking Sites” by Will Dix. Dix does an outstanding job of highlighting the fact that there is a...
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YCBK 72: Advice for Undocumented Students from 2019-06-13T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (5:47) In this week’s news, an Atlantic article “Does is Really Matter Where You Go to College?” by Derek Thompson. Applying to the most elite institutions is highly...
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YCBK 71: 13 Things to Consider Doing if Waitlisted from 2019-06-06T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (6:28) In this week’s news, a Wall Street Journal article “Colleges have been under pressure to admit needier kids. It’s backfiring”, by Catherine Rampell. A pair of...
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YCBK 70: How to Handle a Weakness in Your Admissions Application from 2019-05-30T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (6:22) In this week’s news, a Wall Street Journal article “Temple University Settles Suit Over Fudged Data on MBA Ranking”, by Kelsey Gee. Temple agrees to pay near...
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YCBK 69: What You Need to Know about College Interviews from 2019-05-23T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (4:20) In this week’s news, a Hechinger Report article “Non-degree badges are booming, are they useful?”, by Matt Krupnick. While there is a general consensus on wha...
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YCBK 68: The Biggest Mistakes with Extracurricular Activities from 2019-05-16T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (4:43) In this week’s news, a Wall Street Journal article “Oberlin, University of Chicago and Other Elite Colleges Extend Application Deadlines”, by Melissa Korn. S...
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YCBK 67: Ways to show colleges your Academic Passion from 2019-05-09T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:52) In this week’s news, a Hechinger Report article “America’s colleges struggle to envision the future of diversity on campus”, by Laura Pappano. What’s really o...
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YCBK 66: What artistic majors need to do to stand out in admissions? from 2019-05-02T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (6:33) In this week’s news, a Forbes article “6 Terms to Stop Using in College Admissions”, by Brennan Barnard. Barnard surveys admissions professionals about terms ...
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YCBK 65: Advice about Letters of Recommendation from 2019-04-25T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:47) In this week’s news, a Wall Street Journal article “Hackers Breach College-Applicant Databases and Seek Ransom”, by Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn. Hackers w...
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YCBK 64: The Importance of College Specific Essays from 2019-04-18T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (6:04) In this week’s news, a Hechinger Report article "Embattled colleges focus on an obvious fix-helping students graduate on time”, by Jon Marcus. While most stud...
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YCBK 63: Choosing the Right Prompt for Your Essay from 2019-04-11T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (2:39) In this week’s news, a Hollywood Reporter article "6 Tips From College Admissions Pros on Standing Out, by Margaret Loftus of US News. The author lists tips r...
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YCBK 62: The Biggest Mistakes in Personal Essays from 2019-04-04T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:40)In this week’s news, a Hollywood Reporter article"Everybody'sDoing It": Cheating Scandal Shows How Privileged Kids FakeDisability”, byScott Johnson and Peter K...
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YCBK 61: What Admissions Counselors Look for in Personal Essays from 2019-03-28T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (2:56) In this week’s news,a Vox. com article“What the college admissions scandal reveals about the psychology of wealth in America”, by Anna North.When the Departme...
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YCBK 60: How Colleges View Homeschooled Applicants from 2019-03-21T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:25) In this week’s news, a Boston Globe article “A catalog of wealth and privilege: Feds allege college bribery scam”, by Travis Andersen, John R. Ellement and De...
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YCBK 59: Social Media Presence in the Admissions Process from 2019-03-14T10:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:30) In this week’s news, an Inside Higher article “Liberal Arts College Mega Mergers”, by John Kroger. We often hear of liberal arts colleges closing their doors ...
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YCBK 58: Demonstrated Interest and Why It’s Important from 2019-03-07T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:35) In this week’s news, a NY Times article “They’re not fact checking. How lies in college admissions can slip through the net”, by Anemona Hartocollis. The pres...
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YCBK 57: How to Make Your Activities Stand out in Your Application from 2019-02-28T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (2:41) In this week’s news, “New Front in College Admissions, Nudging Students to Decide Early”, by Douglas Belkin in the Wall Street Journal. (21:12) We are in chap...
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YCBK 56: Pros and Cons of Early Decision Applications from 2019-02-21T11:00
(2:57) In this week’s news, “Ten College Majors with the Biggest Gender Gap”, by Katie Bardaro. While most attention turns toward the lack of women in STEM fields, many majors overwhelmingly experi...
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YCBK 55: 15 Different Ways to Apply to College from 2019-02-14T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:02) In this week’s news, “Parenting the College Admission Applicant -as an Admission Dean”, by Brennan Barnard. Bernard is not just a director of college counseli...
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YCBK 54: Different types of test optional colleges from 2019-02-07T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (4:14) In this week’s news, we discuss an article that appeared in the Washington Post on April 7 th , 2018 by Jeffrey Selingo entitled, “The higher education divide...
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YCBK 53: Why More Schools Are Going Test Optional from 2019-01-31T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:11) In this week’s news, “As students return to college, a basic question persists: What are they learning?” by Jon Marcus. What is known publicly about what and ...
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YCBK 52: Test Prep: Online, One-on-One, or Group? from 2019-01-24T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (1:54)In this week’s news, “A Tale of Two Institutions: Amherst And Wisconsin Take Education Down Different Paths”, by Willard Dix of Forbes. Dix draws attention to ...
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YCBK 51: How to Select a Test Prep or Tutoring Company from 2019-01-17T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (2:39)In this week’s news,”Furor over Blended and Active Learning”, by Mark Lieberman of Inside Higher Ed. Business students at the University of Central Florida are...
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YCBK 50: The Difference Between Super-Scoring&Score Choice from 2019-01-10T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (3:08) In this week’s news, “As student head back to campus, colleges fear a decline in international enrollment” by Sophie Quinton. Quinton reports how some schools...
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YCBK 49: Using SAT Subject Tests to Stand Out from 2019-01-03T11:00
In this episode you will hear: (2:15) In this week’s news, “The Problem With PLUS: How Parents Buckle Under the Weight of College Debt” by Susannah Snider. Snider highlights the various reasons ol...
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YCBK 48: Recommended Timeline to Take the ACT or SAT from 2018-12-27T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 02:22 In this week’s news, we’re reviewing an article from the World Economic Forum “The 3 Key Skill Sets for the Workers of 2030”, by Adam Jezard. Link: https://www...
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YCBK 47: What is a Competitive ACT or SAT Score? from 2018-12-20T23:06:12
In this episode you will hear: 05:20 In this week’s news, we’re reviewing an article from the Washington Post, “Senators Urge the U.S. News and World Report to Overhaul the College Ranking Formula...
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YCBK 46: How to Improve Your ACT or SAT Scores from 2018-12-13T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 02:32 In this week’s news, “See Which Private Colleges Have Lowered Tuition Prices”, by Farran Powell. 12:26 We are in Chapter 46 of 171 Answers and we are discussin...
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YCBK 45: How Many Times Should You Take the ACT or SAT? from 2018-12-06T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 02:39 In this week’s news Mark adds a few more comments about the Harvard affirmative action case we discussed the last two weeks. Next we conclude our review of “Ho...
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YCBK 44: Should I Take the ACT or the SAT? from 2018-11-30T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 01:56 In this week’s news we conclude our review of “The Harvard Admission Trial Puts the School’s Dirty Secrets On Display” by Joan Biskupic. 19:51 We are in Chapte...
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YCBK 43: Does it Matter Whether You Take the ACT or the SAT? from 2018-11-22T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 02:24 In this week’s news we’re reviewing an article featured on CNN.com “The Harvard Admission Trial Puts the School’s Dirty Secrets On Display” by Joan Biskupic. T...
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YCBK 42: Differences Between the ACT and SAT from 2018-11-15T11:00
In this episode you will hear: 02:15 In this week’s news we’re reviewing an article from The Atlantic, “The Rise of College Grade Forgiveness” by Jeffrey Selingo. Universities are letting students...
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YCBK41: Differences Between the New SAT and the Old SAT from 2018-11-08T05:30:55
In this episode you will hear: 3:00 In this week’s news…”Free College Goes Mainstream”, by Andrew Kreighbaum, Inside Higher Ed 12:30 We are in Chapter 41 of 171 Answers and Mark is walking us thro...
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YCBK40: What You Need to Know About the SAT from 2018-11-01T16:26:08
In this episode you will hear: 2:20 In this week’s news: Why Universities are Phasing out Luxury Dorms by Jeffrey Selingo of The Atlantic 12:35 We are in Chapter 40 of 171 Answers and Mark is brea...
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YCBK39: What You Need to Know About the ACT from 2018-10-26T06:27:09
In this episode you will hear: 2:30 In this week’s news: Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home, a recent article written in the New York Times by Anemona Ha...
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YCBK38: What is the National Merit Scholarship Program? from 2018-10-18T05:33:52
In this episode you will hear: 2:00 In this week’s news: Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed about, Digging Deeper On Student Loan Default Rates and the alarming racial disparities that exist among bor...
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YCBK37: What is the PSAT and Why is it Important from 2018-10-11T05:36:58
In this episode you will hear: 2:20 - In this week’s news we’re discussing an by Jeffrey Selingo that talks about the two most important college admissions criteria and how they now mean less. 10...
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YCBK36: How High School Courses are Evaluated by Selective Colleges from 2018-10-04T05:15:46
In this episode you will hear: 2:28 In this week’s news Mark and Anika discuss an by Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed that describes the financial dangers that many small private colleges are fa...
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YCBK35: What Senior Year Grades Count in Admissions from 2018-09-27T04:19:31
In this episode you will hear: 3:48 In this week’s news we’re discussing an that talks about student debt making way for soaring parent debt, and what you can do about it. 21:33 We are in Chapter...
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YCBK34: There is Hope for the C Student from 2018-09-20T04:57:45
In this episode you will hear: 2:30 - In this week’s news we’re discussing an on lessons learned and shared by college applicants. 8:20 - We are in Chapter 34 of 171 Answers and we’re talking abo...
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YCBK33: How Selective Colleges Evaluate Class Rankings from 2018-09-13T14:41:28
In this episode you will hear: 3:25 - In the news, we’re reviewing an article by Kyle Spencer in “The New York Times” that discusses how families that make over $100,000 are increasingly looking a...
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YCBK 32: How Selective Colleges Evaluate Grade Trends from 2018-09-06T05:18:01
In this episode you will hear: 2:25 In the news we’re reviewing an article by Jeffrey Selingo of “The Atlantic" that talks about how colleges purchase and use data to pursue college applicants. 10...
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YCBK31: An A in an Easy Course vs. a B in a Hard Course from 2018-08-30T04:55:30
In this episode you will hear: 2:50 In this week’s news we’ll talk about an initiative launched by the Harvard Graduate School of Education that challenges admissions offices and officers to put m...
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YCBK30: The 4 Different Types of Grade Point Averages from 2018-08-23T05:03
In this episode you will hear: 2:16 - In this week’s news we’ll review an article that shares 10 tips on how to cut the cost of college 10:40 - We are in Chapter 30 of 171 Answers and we’ll discus...
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YCBK29: What Are College Admissions Officers Really Looking For? from 2018-08-17T02:37:11
In this episode you will hear: 2:25 - In this week’s news, we’ll talk about the disconnect between what colleges say and what students hear about admissions. 17:25 - We are in Chapter 29 of 171 An...
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YCBK28: How Much Weight Should I Put on College Rankings? from 2018-08-09T15:31:10
In this episode you will hear: 3:20 - In this week’s news we’ll talk about the confusing information that colleges provide in their financial aid award letters. 18:08 - We are in Chapter 28 of 17...
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YCBK27: What Is the Parent’s Role in Helping with the College Process? from 2018-08-02T05:21:11
In this episode you will hear: 2:45 - In this week’s news we’ll talk about why top Georgia colleges are recruiting more rural students. 15:20 - We are in Chapter 27 of 171 Answers and we’ll discu...
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YCBK26: What Happens If I Don’t Get Admitted to Any Colleges? from 2018-07-26T07:45:09
In this episode you will hear: 2:00 - In this week’s news, 13 ridiculous things people have actually put on their college applications – no joke. 8:00 - We’re in chapter 26 of 171 Answers and we t...
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YCBK25: Why Am I Getting So Much Mail From Colleges? from 2018-07-19T05:44:19
In this episode you will hear: 2:30 - In this week’s news several private schools recently announced that they will stop offering Advanced Placement (AP) courses. 15:00 - We’re in Chapter 25 of 17...
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YCBK24: Mistakes Students and Parents Make on College Visits from 2018-07-12T06:45:07
In this episode you will hear: 2:30 - In this week’s news, we’re going to discuss an article that writes about an alarming trend of college-bound students that don’t make it to the beginning of th...
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YCBK23: How to Know if a College is Strong in Your Intended Major from 2018-07-05T03:49:15
In this episode you will hear: 2:40 - In the News: We review an article from the Huffington Post by Ann Brenoff that talks about the sneaky ways that colleges try to sell students health insurance...
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YCBK21: How to Know What Your Family Can Really Afford for College from 2018-07-02T12:00
In this episode you will hear: 2:10 - In the News: We talk about a breaking announcement made by the University of Chicago and their transition into being a test-optional institution. 17:28 - Chap...
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YCBK22: How to Know If A College Is Worth The Money from 2018-07-02T12:00
In this episode you will hear: 2:30 - In the News: We talk about how student discipline infractions impact college admission decisions. 15:00 - Chapter 22 of 171 Answers: Mark will share a tool t...
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YCBK20: How to Get To Know Colleges if You if You Can't Visit Them from 2018-06-14T09:24:19
In this episode you will hear: 2:02 - In the News: We discuss an article that views letters of recommendation as an unfair part of the college admissions process. 12:20 - Chapter 20 of 171 Answers...
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YCBK19: How Your Kid Can Use College Reviews to Learn About the Schools on Their List from 2018-06-08T06:18:58
In the News: We’ll discuss how schools are manipulating the US News & World Report’s college rankings. Chapter 19 of 171 Answers: We talk about why and how your kid can use college reviews to learn...
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YCBK18: A New Approach to Find Colleges that are Interested in Your Kid from 2018-05-31T06:51:13
In the News: We’ll discuss an article that reviews studies that show students at test optional schools are achieving academic success. Chapter 18 of 171 Answers: We talk about a great way to learn ...
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YCBK17: How to use a college’s website to know whether to keep that school on your college list. from 2018-05-25T12:00
In the News: 14 Summer Activities to boost your kids college application Chapter 17 of 171 Answers: We talk through some important factors that you and your kid should have for the colleges on thei...
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YCBK16: Important factors to consider when creating a college list. from 2018-05-17T16:00
In the News: We’ll discuss an article that outlines 6 ways that your kid should be working with their college counselor. Chapter 16 of 171 Answers: We talk through some important factors that you a...
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YCBK15: Using Cost Calculators to Ensure You Can Afford the Colleges on Your Kid’s List from 2018-05-10T07:44:29
In the News: We’ll discuss an article that talks about a creative strategy that some college applicants are using to increase their chances of acceptance. Chapter 15 of 171 Answers: We talk about m...
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YCBK 14: The Importance of Having Financial Match Schools on Your Kid’s College List from 2018-05-03T16:00
In the News: We’ll review an article found in the that talks about the growing trend among colleges and universities offering 2nd-semester admissions to applicants. Chapter 14 of 171 Answers: We t...
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YCBK 13: The Range of Schools That Should Be on Your Kid’s College List from 2018-04-26T02:44:31
In the News: We’ll review an article found in the that gives the reasons why so many college students are transferring after their first semester in college, and what can be done to minimize this...
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YCBK12: How Many Colleges Should Your Kid Apply To? from 2018-04-20T04:21:28
In the News: We’ll discuss an article that provides a compelling case for the need of colleges to overhaul how they evaluate student merit. Chapter 12 of 171 Answers: Many parents want to know how ...
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YCBK11: Understand How Colleges Evaluate Your Kid’s Application for Admission from 2018-04-13T00:41:30
In the News: We discuss the issues and concerns around high school grades getting higher and higher. Chapter 11 of 171 Answers: You need to know the two ways that colleges evaluate your kid’s appli...
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YCBK10: A Challenge for Parents About Their Kid’s Career Path from 2018-04-06T02:08:43
In the News: We’ll review the pros and cons of borrowing from your 401k retirement plan to pay your kid’s college tuition. Chapter 10 of 171 Answers: We have a necessary conversation about parents ...
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YCBK9: Necessary Job Skills for the Future from 2018-03-30T04:00
In the News: Student advocacy groups are pushing to eliminate a question on the FAFSA application that is causing students each year to lose access to federal funding because of a drug related conv...
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YCBK8: Using Internships and Shadow Days to Confirm Your Kid’s Career Interest from 2018-03-22T04:00
In the News: A university’s controversial move caused hundreds of students to get their offers revoked – targeting those that were most vulnerable in their applications. Chapter 8 of 171 Answers: M...
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YCBK7: How to Get the Job Your Kid Wants from 2018-03-15T08:45:58
In the News: Students should know the pros and cons of living both on and off campus. Chapter 7 of 171 Answers: Mark helps us determine how our kids should go about understanding the academic requi...
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YCBK6: The Salary Edition from 2018-03-07T23:54:06
In the News: Over 80% of students report that the reason they want to earn a degree is to get a job, but less than 20% of students are utilizing their college’s career service centers. An article r...
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YCBK5: What a Day on that Job Could Really Look Like from 2018-03-01T06:04:42
In this week’s episode: In the News: We discuss an article written by a gentleman who completely diminishes the purpose and need for college visits by students and their families. Chapter 5 of ...
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YCBK4: Knowing Where the Jobs Are from 2018-02-22T05:00
In this week’s episode: In the News: We examine both sides of former college president James Koch’s criticism of universities offering lavish amenities to draw in students, that in turn drives...
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YCBK3: Fill in the Blank, My Kid Really Enjoys… from 2018-02-10T01:05:33
In this week’s episode: In the News: Colleges are beginning to allow students to self-report their test scores, and this trend is saving families hundreds of dollars. We also discuss the result...
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YCBK2: Every Kid Has a Passion: Ways to Find Them from 2018-02-10T00:57:01
In this week’s episode… In the News: We discuss an article in The Washington Post that outlines how political moves out of Washington are affecting higher education, and where folks really need t...
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YCBK1: Defining Success, Careful Now! from 2018-02-10T00:47:03
In this week’s episode… In the News: Students should know that although most schools don’t monitor their applicants social media pages, offensive online behavior can be reported and schools wil...
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Pilot: The Jump-off Edition from 2018-02-10T00:35:11
In this introductory episode, Anika and Mark share their backgrounds and why they are passionate about launching this podcast series on the college admission process. They will breakdown the weekly...
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