YCBK 419: Mark and Vince discuss observations from this year’s admission decisions
Release Date: 04/04/2024
YCBK 426: The FAFSA Fiasco and More Chaos on College Campuses
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In this episode you will hear: o Mark shares more details on the FAFSA Fiasco this year o Mark talks about the tumult on college campuses that is breaking out across the country o Lisa interviews Elizabeth Hamlet, a Disability Services Expert. They discuss how students with Disabilities can successfully transition to college-Part 2 of 3 Preview of Part 2 o Liz explains why students choose not to list their disabilities with the college. o Liz talks about what skills students need to have at...
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YCBK 425: Understanding the Nine Universities that make up the UC’s
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In this episode you will hear: (02:00) Mark and Vince discuss the nine colleges that make up the University of California-Part 2 of 2 (37:20) Question from a listener Jessica, an International listener has a question about the change from test-optional to test mandatory that is happening at a number of colleges. (50:30) Interview Jeremy Lowe, the Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admissions at American University discusses American University with Lisa Rouff-2 of 2 (01:12:30) Interview 2 Chris Cage, the VP of enrollment at Belmont...
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YCBK 424: More Observations from Admissions Decisions For the Class of 2024
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In this episode you will hear: o Mark and Julia discuss what they learned from admissions decisions from the class of 2024 o Lisa interviews Elizabeth Hamlet, a Disability Services Expert. They discuss how students with Disabilities can successfully transition to college-Part 1 of 3 Preview o Liz shares her backstory from special ed teacher to author and success advocate for students with learning disabilities. o Liz talks about the range of disability accommodations that colleges provide, and she talks...
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YCBK 423: How are extracurricular activities evaluated by highly rejective colleges
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In this episode you will hear: (02:02) Mark and Vince discuss the nine colleges that make up the University of California-Part 1 of 2 (36:50) Question from a listener An anonymous mom from New York wants to know how highly rejective colleges evaluate extracurricular activities (54:16) Interview Jeremy Lowe, the Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admissions at American University discusses American University with Lisa Rouff-1 of 2 (01:13:33) Interview 2 Chris Cage, the VP of enrollment at Belmont University discusses Belmont University with Mark...
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YCBK 422: What you need to know about the ACT and the SAT
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In this episode you will hear: o Mark gives a preview of his 63 minute interview with Jed Applerouth, founder of Applerouth.com Preview Preview ² Jed gives his background, and he tells us a little bit about Applerouth ² Jed talks about the work Applerouth does for students with executive functioning. ² Jed and I talk about public flagship colleges and their insane out of state selectivity. ² Jed gives us the history of the ACT and he tells us what is going on with the ACT. ² Jed makes a case for why the Digital Test is so much better than the paper test. ...
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YCBK 421: Students Brand Themselves In Order to Try to Get In Elite Colleges
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In this episode you will hear: (03:30) Mark and Vince discuss an article on how students are being coached to brand themselves in their applications. This is an article that appeared in the NY Times by a Guest Essayist, entitled, “Elite college admissions have turned students into brands” (33:30) Question from a listener Lee from Northern California has three questions about how colleges admit students when there is so much grade inflation. (49:22) Interview Jeremy Lowe, the Assistant Vice Provost of Undergraduate Admissions at American University...
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YCBK 420: How to select a college when you have options-Part 3 of 3
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In this episode you will hear: o Mark gives a preview of some up and coming episodes o Lisa gives advice about selecting a college from a psychological and practical standpoint. o Lynda interviews Marjorie Betley, the Senior Associate Director of Admission at the University of Chicago, and the Executive Director of Admissions at the STARS College Network, and they discuss the STARS College Network STARS is an acronym for Small Towns and Rural Student-Part 3 of 3 Marjorie Betley-The STARS Network Preview-Part 3 § Marjorie...
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YCBK 419: Mark and Vince discuss observations from this year’s admission decisions
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In this episode you will hear: (01:50) Mark and Vince will eventually discuss an article on how students are being coached to brand themselves in their applications. This is an article that appeared in the NY Times by a Guest Essayist, entitled, “Elite college admissions have turned students into brands” but they get into that article in Part 2, on Episode 421, that will air on April 11th, but this week, Vince and Mark discuss their observations from this year in college admissions; they also share some admission tips, an admission vernacular and a big number; the big number really...
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YCBK 418: Lessons Learned From SACAC, College Visits and Meetings with Admission Officers
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o Mark gives a recap of some of his key takeaways from the SACAC conference o Mark shares some key takeaways from college visits and from conversation with reps o Mark looks at what may look like perplexing admissions decisions for about a dozen students School Match 4U counselors worked with and he discusses the reasons why this surprising decisions happen o Lynda interviews Marjorie Betley, the Senior Associate Director of Admission at the University of Chicago, and the Executive Director of Admissions at the STARS College...
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YCBK 417: Colleges are Perplexed at How to Get More Males To Apply and Enroll
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In this episode you will hear: (06:30) Julia and Mark discuss an article by “Dean of Admissions Claudia Marroquin on the decline of male applicants to Bowdoin” but Julia and Mark know this is a national crisis, so they discuss the article in the context of the national challenge. Part 3 of 3 Mark shares a moving email that came in this week about why college is turning off many families. (45:10) Question from a listener Clare from VA asks about a special program offered at her school. She wants to know how colleges read transcripts from students who...
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(01:50) Mark and Vince will eventually discuss an article on how students are being coached to brand themselves in their applications. This is an article that appeared in the NY Times by a Guest Essayist, entitled, “Elite college admissions have turned students into brands” but they get into that article in Part 2, on Episode 421, that will air on April 11th, but this week, Vince and Mark discuss their observations from this year in college admissions; they also share some admission tips, an admission vernacular and a big number; the big number really inspired Mark
(49:50) Question from a listener
Jennifer from Texas wants to know what they should do when they learn about some serious racial incidents that occurred at a college her student was considering applying to
(01:05:40) Interview
Lydia Dagenais, a former admission officer at Haverford College and Swarthmore College is joined by Julia Esquivel, a co-host for YCBK but also a former Haverford College admission officer to discuss how Law School admissions works-Part 2 of 2
Preview of Part 2 of 2
² Lydia lets us know if students can get access to LSAC
² What role does writing ability and critical thinking play in the admission process?
² Lydia talks about the content of the first year in law school
² Lydia talks about whether you need to go to a top tier law school to get the plum jobs after graduation
² Lydia answers the question, are there too many lawyers out there, is the field oversaturated?
² Lydia tells us what the character and fitness questions are and she tells us why they are so important
² Lydia goes on the hot seat
(01:36:08) College Spotlight
Kevin Newton joins us to talk about the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Part 2 of 2
(01:26:35) Recommended Resource: A new podcast about going to college in another country, An Education Abroad is the new podcast by Kevin Newton, founder of , An Education Abroad. Kevin is a frequent guest on YCBK, including in today’s episode when he helps us to understand, the University of Edinboro
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