Rebecca Winthrop, an education policy expert and co-author of 'The Disengaged Teen', joins the discussion on the challenges of college admissions. They explore the hardest public colleges to gain admission to, emphasizing the importance of a balanced application list to avoid stress and disappointment. Winthrop highlights four modes of student engagement—coaster, achiever, resister, and explorer—underlining how an explorer mindset can enhance student motivation and success. The conversation also delves into the implications of perfectionism on mental health.
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Balanced College Lists
Build a balanced college list with probables and likelies.
Don't create a top-heavy list focused only on reach schools.
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Top-Heavy List Consequences
Mark recounts advising a senior shut out from all nine colleges.
Another senior from a top high school had the same experience due to a top-heavy list.
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Ensuring College Happiness
Identify at least three colleges where admission is highly likely and you'd be happy.
Control your happiness and set yourself up for success, regardless of the college.
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In this episode you will hear: Mark shares how the SAT offering the new September SAT offers up some opportunities in their test prep calendar. This does not mean to imply everyone should take the SAT, but most of our listeners will take the SAT, so here is some advice. Mark shares the importance of having a balanced list, and he shares two sad stories that happened this year to students who did not have a balanced list. Stuck shares the 32 hardest to get into public universities and he does it countdown style. . Lisa interviews Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of the Disengaged Teen Preview of Part 1 ² Jenny Anderson shares her backstory and why she was drawn to write the “Disengaged Teen” ² Rebecca Winthrop gives her backstory, including her work as ² ² Jenny and Rebecca share the research they did over three years in preparation to write the book, “The Disengaged Teen”, including the extensive interviews and surveys they conducted. ² Rebecca talks about why engagement matters ² Jenny and Rebecca shares the four modes that show how students show up in their learning ² They explain what coaster, achiever, resister and explorer mode are ² They share all the benefits that come when students are in explorer mode ² Lisa talks about perfection at any cost Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. Unfortunately, we will NOT answer questions on the podcast anymore that are emailed in. If you want us to answer a question on the podcast, please use speakpipe.com/YCBK. We feel hearing from our listeners in their own voices adds to the community feel of our podcast. You can also use this for many other purposes: 1) Send us constructive criticism about how we can improve our podcast 2) Share an encouraging word about something you like about an episode or the podcast in general 3) Share a topic or an article you would like us to address 4) Share a speaker you want us to interview 5) Leave positive feedback for one of our interviewees. We will send your verbal feedback directly to them and I can almost assure you, your positive feedback will make their day. To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our new monthly admissions newsletter, delivered directly to your email once a month, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign-up popup. We will include many of the hot topics being discussed on college campuses. Check out our new blog. We write timely and insightful articles on college admissions: Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live. You can ask questions on Twitter that he will answer on the podcast. Mark will also share additional hot topics in the news and breaking news on this Twitter feed. Twitter message is also the preferred way to ask questions for our podcast: https://twitter.com/YCBKpodcast 1. To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ 2. Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link 3. Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it 4. Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans 5. Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps 6. Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 7. You can also download the entire podcast as a transcript We would be honored if you will pass this podcast episode on to others who you feel will benefit from the content in YCBK. Please subscribe to our podcast. It really helps us move up in Apple’s search feature so others can find our podcast. If you enjoy our podcast, would you please do us a favor and share our podcast both verbally and on social media? We would be most grateful! If you want to help more people find Your College-Bound Kid, please make sure you follow our podcast. You will also get instant notifications as soon as each episode goes live. Check out the college admissions books Mark recommends: Check out the college websites Mark recommends: If you want to have some input about what you like and what you recommend, we change about our podcast, please complete our Podcast survey; here is the link: If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa or Lynda, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at or Lynda at Lynda@schoolmatch4u.com. All we ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session; here is link to their services with transparent pricing: https://schoolmatch4u.com/services/compare-packages/