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

In this episode you will hear: Mark lets the listeners know about a new feature they can expect in the month of December and moving forward on Thursdays episodes. Mark discusses the largest labor union strike in Higher Ed history that is happening on the 10 University of California campuses right now Mark discusses why six of the top ranked law schools are dropping out of the US News Law school rankings. He discusses what impact will this have on US News. Mark shares another thing that is "grinding his gears" Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Arlene Cash Part 2 Arlene continues advice on how to research colleges Arlene talks about the importance of Core Values Arlene talks about how HBCU's have changed Arlene talks about admission practices and admission trends Arlene talks about whether a certain type of student does better at a small, mid-size or large school Arlene talks about the resources on a college campus that students don't take advantage of enough Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College- Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: (25:40) Mark and Julia discuss a Hechinger article by Liz Willen entitled, "Why some in Higher Education are freaking out about new affirmative action showdown. The article appeared in January 22, 2022. Julia and Mark discuss affirmative action. Why is it so misunderstood? What will the Supreme Court do? https://hechingerreport.org/column-why-some-in-higher-education-are-freaking-out-about-new-affirmative-action-showdown/ (51:34) Mark and Lisa discuss 8 signs to look at when trying to determine if a college values test scores, even if they purport to be test-optional. Part 1 of 2 (01:23:00) Mark starts a new interview with Milyon Truelove, the Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Reed College. Milyon explains why Reed College made the decision to not contribute to the US News and World Report's college rankings (Part 1 of 2) Milyon shares his interesting background Milyon explains what he means by cooking the books and he gives an example of how easy it is to "cook the books" Milyon answers the question, "Did US News single out Reed and drop their ranking when they refused to participate in the their rankings? Milyon answers the question, how much pressure admission leaders feel to move up the ranking or keep their ranking at the level they are at (01:31:30) Our Recommended Resource is the website: todoist.com. You can also download the todoist app to help you to stay organized. Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Brian Hodges Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: Mark reveals one more must-have reference book and he takes a look at where are we with Student Loan forgiveness in light of the announcement on November 10th. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Arlene Cash Part 1 Arlene gives her illustrious background at 11 different institutions of Higher Ed from the east to the south to the west Arlene shares the highlights of her career Arlene shares what she is doing at the Character Collaborative Arlene shares what students and parents are overlooking when it comes to picking a college Arlene answers the question, how can someone break through the noise to figure out if a school is character or personality match Arlene answers the question, how important is the financial health of the school Arlene says something very surprising about strategic plans Arlene gives her advice about each school's IR page. Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College- Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: (17:18) Mark and Vince discuss an opinion piece that was written by current Stanford Student, Sophie Callcott. The column appeared in the New York Times. The name of the guest column is, "There is still one big trick for getting into an elite college" Mark and Vince share what they respect about the angle this Stanford student takes, but they don't hesitate to point out where they disagree: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/opinion/school-private-college.html (38:46) Mark and Lisa discuss how students should answer the following question that The University of Texas at Austin is asking all of its applicants to answer this year this year: Describe how your experiences, perspectives, talents, and/or your involvement in leadership activities (at your school, job, community, or within your family) will help you to make an impact both in and out of the classroom while enrolled at UT (250-300 words). (01:04:00) Mark continues with his four part interview that some of our listeners have been asking about for years. Trinity University in San Antonio's Admission Director (Justin Doty) is joined by their athletic liaison of over 30 years (Paul McGinlay) for an in-depth interview of how athletic recruiting works at an academically selective D-3 school. Justin and Paul answer 40 questions that Mark asks them about athletic recruiting and how it works over this four part series. Part 3 of 4 Preview-Part 4 We talk about the role Early Decision plays in athletic recruiting Justin gives a shout out to a very special person who really has been invaluable to Trinity's process Mark puts Justin and Paul on the hot seat in our lightning round (01:12:56) Our Recommended Resource is the book: Paying for College, 2023: Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College (2022) (College Admissions Guides) (01:29:40) Kevin Newton is back for a College Spotlight trilogy that will look at the Ancient Scottish Universities. Over the next three weeks Kevin will answer questions about what makes these five universities special. Part 3 of 3 Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: Mark shares why the admission profession is in crisis right now. Mark shares three reference books he recommends every family have in their college admissions library. Mark shares one pet peeve he has in the vocabulary that so many people use. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders-Part 3/3 Part 3-Preview Saunders talks about what makes the University of West Florida special and distinct from other colleges? Saunders talks about what are the programs that will draw a student to come to UWF from across the country. She points our three programs that are exceptional that are drawing students from all over. Saunders describes the type of student that thrives at UWF, and she also describes the type of student that is at risk of floundering Saunders tells us what she means when she refers to inner-ballast Saunders tells us the cost to come to UWF and why it is such a bargain Saunders goes on the hot seat Saunders talks about how to evaluate if a college is good at crisis communication. This is an area she is regarded as a national expert. Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College- Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: (30:18) Mark and Susan discuss a Sara Harberson article entitled, "10 Things to know if you want to major in business" The February 10th, 2022 article appeared in her blog: https://www.saraharberson.com/blog/things-to-know-major-in-business (56:04) Mark and Lisa discuss how students should answer the following question that North Carolina State is asking all of its applicants to answer this year: NC State University is committed to building a just and inclusive community, one that does not tolerate unjust or inhumane treatment, and that denounces it, clearly and loudly. Please describe what those words mean to you and how you will contribute to a more diverse and inclusive NC State environment (250 words). (01:25:15) Mark continues with his four part interview that some of our listeners have been asking about for years. Trinity University in San Antonio's Admission Director (Justin Doty) is joined by their athletic liaison of over 30 years (Paul McGinlay) for an in-depth interview of how athletic recruiting works at an academically selective D-3 school. Justin and Paul answer 40 questions that Mark asks them about athletic recruiting and how it works over this four part series. Part 3 of 4 Preview-Part 3 Paul gives his thoughts on recruitment services like NCSA and other recruiting services Paul asks the question, how can a student know if a coach is serious about them Paul gives some very good advice for one thing a student can do to make themselves stand out if they aren't getting a positive response Justin gives the academic profile of Trinity Justin tells us how many kids submit scores Justin talks about the type of student-athlete that Trinity attracts and the type of questions they ask Justin talks about what athletic pre-reads are and how they work at Trinity and Justin answers many questions that Mark peppers him with Paul talks about whether some sports get a bigger thumb on the scale than others in athletic recruitment and Justin compares athletic recruitment to recruitment for the arts (01:38:16) Our Recommended Resource is the podcast Gatecrashers: The Hidden History of Jews and the Ivy league. (01:48:46) Kevin Newton is back for a College Spotlight trilogy that will look at the Ancient Scottish Universities. Over the next three weeks Kevin will answer questions about what makes these five universities special. Part 3 of 3 Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: Mark answers two questions he has been asked 12-15 times in the month of October. Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders-Part 2/2 Preview of Part 2 Saunders shares a time she had to sunset or get rid of some programs that had to go; she talks about how the college responded to that and she talked about the best way to implement this without too much chaos Saunders talks about her seven kids, all of whom are college grads. She shares some lessons she learned from her own seven kids and their college journey Saunders gives her advice to our parents about selecting a college Saunders talks about how to evaluate if a college is good at crisis communication. This is an area she is regarded as a national expert. Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo UW-Madison-Andre Phillips Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Cornell College, Iowa, Wendy Beckemeyer Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College- Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: (11:00) Mark and Dave discuss a Town and Country article entitled, Why Are More Northern Kids Heading South For College by Nicole Laporte. The article was written on 10/2/2022. The article looks at why so many students are not looking to New York, Boston or LA, but are flocking to Southern schools. Mark and Dave discuss about a half a dozen reasons why so many students are flocking to Southern universities. (44:16) Mark discusses with Julia pick up where Mark and Lisa left off by discussing reasons why a college will admit a student with a lower GPA and a lower test score over a kid with a higher GPA and a higher test score. Julia shares what she has learned from her work with College Horizons. Part 3 of 3 (01:20:35) Mark continues with his four part interview that some of our listeners have been asking about for years. Trinity University in San Antonio's Admission Director (Justin Doty) is joined by their athletic liasion of over 30 years (Paul McGinlay) for an indepth interview of how athletic recruiting works at an academically selective D-3 school. Justin and Paul answer over 40 questions that Mark asks them about athletic recruiting and how it works. Part 2 of 4 Preview-Part 2 Justin and Paul continue the conversation about how many of their students are recruited athletes Paul talks about how the recruited athlete differs from the random athlete when it comes to yielding the student Paul talks about what he looks for first when an athlete reaches out to him Paul talks about the one things that almost every student athlete who ends up at Trinity ends up doing Paul talks about when student-athletes should start the recruitment process Justin talks about one thing that almost every serious athlete does Paul gives his opinion of athletic interest forms Paul gives his advice on who athletes should reach out to Paul gives his opinion on what he thinks about video Paul shares the thing that is better than video Paul gives his advice on how long the video should be Paul answers the question, how can a student know if an invitation to an ID camp is an attempt to generate revenue or a reflection of the fact that the school has genuine interest in the student (01:31:44) Our Recommended Resource is the documentary, "the Race to Nowhere". The documentary looks at the incredible pressure that students as young as elementary students are under to forsake creativity and get caught up in the rat race of excessive homework. The documentary was released in 2010 but it is just as relevant now as it was then. It is available on YouTube and Amazon Prime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7TLXbXROg (01:40:00) Kevin Newton is back for a College Spotlight triology that will look at the Ancient Scotish Universities. Over the next three weeks Kevin will answer questions about what makes these five universities special. Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: Mark goes into more depth about the four recommended resources that he touched on in Episode 267 last Thursday. (see below) Mark shares a second thing that is grinding his gears Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Dr. Martha Saunders Preview of Part 1 Saunders tells us her progression from adjunct professor to college president and she shares several other unique aspects of her background Saunders answers the question, what can colleges and universities do to increase their perception of their value with an every increasingly cynical public. Saunders tells us what she means when she uses the term, "high impact practices" and she talks about the value of "high impact practices" Saunders talks about how they adjust their curriculum to the needs of the student body Saunders talks about how they use interdisciplinary programs to provide exposure to the humanities without having to cancel some immportant programs that are not in strong demand Saunders tells us what she means by commodity programs It is time to complete the FAFSA: Here is a step by step walkthrough for the FAFSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScIxTk4Nr4g&t=53s How to fill out the 2023-24 FAFSA - YouTube In this tutorial walk-through, Kierstan Dufour, Assistant Director and Project Manager at Get2College, guides students and parents on how to fill out the 202... www.youtube.com It is also time to complete the CSS PROFILE if any of your students colleges require the PROFILE. Here is the Walkthrough for the CSS PROFILE https://www.mefa.org/videos/family-webinar-series-the-cssfinancial-aid-profile What to Know About the CSS Profile TM - MEFA This webinar introduces the nuts and bolts of the CSS Profile TM, a financial aid application required by roughly 300 colleges, universities, and scholarship agencies across the country.Topics include tips on completing the Profile, specific financial and household data collected, and how colleges and universities use the application information. www.mefa.org Four Recommended Resources in this episode: Studentaid.gov for loan forgiveness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsenQYidG5Q&t=256s A great FAQ on the CSS PROFILE with four financial aid officers from selective colleges Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell Stevens: One of the best books you could ever read to understand how selective Liberal Arts colleges make decisions The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg, another classic that helps readers understand how decisions are made at a selective Liberal Arts college Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services and pricing on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

In this episode you will hear: (27:22) Mark and Julia discuss an August 17th, 2022 article in Bloomberg by Claire Ballentine and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou entitled, "College students face costlier rent and food, even as tuition soars" Julia and Mark get personal, as Julia shares her own struggles when she was in grad school, and Mark shares his daughter, and her friends struggles with making ends meet in grad school. (53:48) Mark discusses with Lisa several of the reasons why a college will admit a student with a lower GPA and a lower test score over a kid with a higher GPA and a higher test score. Part 2 of 3 (01:17:24) Mark launches a whole new four part interview that some of our listeners have been asking about for years. Trinity University in San Antonio's Admission Director (Justin Doty) is joined by their athletic liasion of over 30 years (Paul McGinlay) for an indepth interview of how athletic recruiting works at an academically selective D-3 school. Justin and Paul answer over 40 questions that Mark asks them about athletic recruiting and how it works. Part 1 of 4 Preview-Part 1 Justin and Paul give their backgrounds, including how they got to Trinity Justin and Paul give an overview of how athletic recruitment has changed over the years Justin gives an overview of Trinity Paul explains what his role of being athletic liaison entails Paul and Justin explain how many students are student athletes and how many have an athletic hook (01:29:45) We do something we have never done before, we give you four recommended resources in this episode: Studentaid.gov for loan forgiveness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsenQYidG5Q&t=256s A great FAQ on the CSS PROFILE with four financial aid officers from selective colleges Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell Stevens: One of the best books you could ever read to understand how selective Liberal Arts colleges make decisions The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg, another classic that helps readers understand how decisions are made at a selective Liberal Arts college . Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at Questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com for the 28 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews you can still send in questions for our guests: Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email , just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under "the Listen to our podcast icons" We are revamping YCBK PLUS and we will have shorter more frequent blog articles that will launch later this fall. 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 them 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 To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 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. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. 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: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-books/ Check out the college websites Mark recommends: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/recommended-websites/ 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCauBgityVXVHRQUjvlIRfYrMWWdHarB9DMQGYL0472bNxrw/viewform If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at lisa@schoolmatch4u.com. All they ask is that you review their services on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/