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

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 at the results of a survey that over 200 colleges completed that looks at how covid impacted admissions in 2020. Dave shares some of the key findings from the survey and then Mark and Dave discuss two very interesting takeaways from the survey https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/2021-survey-admissions-leaders-finds-32-had-filled-classes-may-1 (27:32) Mark and Lisa and Sylvia answer three questions that listeners who completed our questionnaire wrote on the questionnaire: Question 1) You talk about all the great resources like college reviews and course catalogs to help students learn about schools. What if your student refuses to engage with any of those resources or won't do the things they need to do to complete their applications? Question 2) What is the right balance of parent involvement vs student ownership in this process? Question 3) What to do if your kid doesn't do a lot of activities? (01:09:26) Mark interviews Kevin Newton who founded, "An Education Abroad". Mark knows Kevin because if someone comes to Mark and asks, can you help me go to college at a place other than Canada or the US, Mark turns that family over to Kevin to work with. Kevin talks about going overseas for college (beyond one year of study abroad) in this interview. Here is an outline of Part 2 of 2: Kevin Newton of "An Education Abroad" discusses the University of Edinburgh in Scotland; he explains how their admissions process works Kevin explains how Americans are perceived in the UK and other International schools Kevin explains whether your extracurricular activities matter for International schools Kevin shares more reasons why students go to university in another country No college spotlight this week (01:16:43) We have two recommended books by Dennis Stemmle this week that help college students with time management and procrastination: Procrastination Solutions For College Students: The Underground Playbook For Overcoming Procrastination And Achieving Peak Performance Time Management Secrets for College Students: The Underground Playbook for Managing School, Work, and Fun Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 government counts 6 as success" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-students-dont-graduate-4-years-government-counts-6-years-succe-rcna2776 (23:56) Mark and Lisa talked to 12-15 students at the following three campuses on September 13th and 14th, 2021: Meredith, NC State and Duke. In this segment, they talk about the following: Where do they find these students? What questions do they ask? How often do they get the cold shoulder? What responses do they get from students? Why are they excited about this practice? Do they believe this is something most students can do? (39:51) Mark interviews Kevin Newton who founded, "An Education Abroad". Mark knows Kevin because if someone comes to Mark and asks, can you help me go to college at a place other than Canada or the US, Mark turns that family over to Kevin to work with. Kevin talks about going overseas for college (beyond one year of study abroad) in this interview. Here is an outline: Kevin gives his backstory and man is it interesting Kevin tells us what his company, "An Education Abroad" does to help students find undergraduate and graduate universities in countries other than the United States Kevin explains the reasons why students choose to go abroad Kevin talks about how you apply to Oxford or Cambridge University (50:21) Our Recommended resources this week is: https://datausa.io/ Friends, please trust me and check out this absolutely unbelievable reservoir of data in every area imaginable. The website uses colorful graphs and charts. Some MIT students developed this and it is my favorite website for college data and it uses IPEDS data. (01:02:38) Mark and Lisa talk about the flagship university for the state of Iowa: The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa: https://uiowa.edu/ Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 admissions blog entitled, "How the Olympics explains college admissions". This is Part 1 of 2 on this topic. https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/2021/08/11/how-the-olympics-explain-college-admission-part-i/ (32:53) A listener named Kendra from Maryland asked our hosts to please address teenage suicide given the rash of suicides on college campuses. We wanted to take advantage of Dr. Lisa Rouff's expertise, so she takes the lead and looks at the causes of teenage suicide, gender differences in suicide, and how covid has impacted mental health. Lisa looks at the state of mental health in our country and on college campuses. She gives us some cues and clues of what to look for, and she tells us what to do if you have reason to believe a teen may be suicidal. Mark shares one service that most campuses have that he feels can be a helpful resource. (01:02:14) Mark interviews Michael Fong, the founder of "The Student Manager podcast". Michael is a lifelong California native. This is Part 2 of 2 Michael tells us how a student or parent can search through the episodes that Michael has to see which colleges he is featuring on each episode, so they can listen to a podcast about a specific college or university that is of interest to them. Michael talks about how he routinely asks students where are the best restaurants to eat if students go to your college or university Michael shares insights from the over 100 college campuses that he has visited Michael goes on the hot seat and he is entertaining Recommended resources this week: (01:11:34) Lisa shares a great recommended resource for us for this week. It is https://www.nami.org/help NAMI is an acronym for the National Alliance on Mental Health. Lisa tells us how to use the helpline to get help for any student in danger of suicide or any other serious mental health problems. (01:22:55) Mark and Lisa spent the afternoon on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh on Sept 14th and that is our College Spotlight for the week. Mark's daughter is also a grad student there in their Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. They talk about life on all three campuses and they share insights from their visits: (https://www.ncsu.edu/) Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 — from college admissions deans. In this article, Strauss assembles a group of quotes that Brennan Barnard (another Washington Post contributor) assembled from Admission Deans. These quotes represent the dean's best doses of wisdom for students. Mark and Dave discuss one quote from Brennan and three quotes from the Dean in this episode. Mark and Dave plan on returning to this article to discuss more of their quotes in future episodes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/26/truth-about-college-admissions-college-admissions-deans/ (38:56) Dr. Lisa Rouff has a certificate in understanding ADD. Helping adults and adolescents with ADD is part of her professional clinical counseling practice. She takes the lead in answering a question from Christina: My very bright son with inattentive ADD declared in 9th grade that he was going to be a B student. Anything higher wasn't worth the extra effort to him. He has high intellectual curiosity, is very bright, and the structure of the school isn't his jam. It seems to me he puts more energy into managing to a B than he would simply doing the work and getting an A (which would be easy for him). Where do kids like that end up? This is the final part of a two part answer that began on episode #193. (01:05:30) Mark interviews Michael Fong, the founder of "The Student Manager podcast". Michael is a lifelong California native. Michael Fong gives his backstory, including the creative approach he took to win a scholarship to college Michael tells us about the format of his, "The Student Manager podcast Michael talks about what type of students he chooses to interview on his podcast Michael answers the question, how does he prevent a student who comes on his podcast from giving a biased perspective that would be unfair to the schools he is featuring. (01:18:40)Recommended resources this week: https://www.mefa.org/ (01:30:40) Sylvia Borgo, our newest team member shares her backstory, and then she takes the lead on our College Spotlight. College Spotlight-University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, California Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 has pushed higher education astray". The article looks at the history of the US News and World rankings. It looks at how the rankings have become so powerful that they now control the decisions that educators are making about how to run their colleges and universities. The article shares examples of a few universities that invested hundreds of millions of dollars into studying the rankings and making changes to climb the rankings. Some equate rankings with excellence, but this article exposes how that is often not the case. Mark and Dave discuss the article and some of the more salient points that Paterno makes in the article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/06/college-rankings-have-fueled-an-arms-race-that-has-pushed-higher-education-astray/ (35:50) Dr. Lisa Rouff has a certificate in understanding ADD. Helping adults and adolescents with ADD is part of her professional clinical counseling practice. She takes the lead in answering a question from Christina: My very bright son with inattentive ADD declared in 9th grade that he was going to be a B student. Anything higher wasn't worth the extra effort to him. He has high intellectual curiosity, is very bright, and the structure of the school isn't his jam. It seems to me he puts more energy into managing to a B than he would simply be doing the work and getting an A (which would be easy for him). Where do kids like that end up? Part 1 of 2 (56:10) Mark interviews Lisa Keegan, the VP of Enrollment at Bucknell University. The topic of the interview is: Understanding Bucknell. Our interview will also serve as our College Spotlight because Lisa gives us a great overview of Bucknell University Lisa kicks off our interview by giving us a 3 to 5 minute overview of who Bucknell is and what makes Bucknell special Lisa talks about what she regards as their most distinctive programs, both those that are well-known as well as those that fall under the radar Lisa discusses a range of offerings Bucknell provides, including their primate labs and their three colleges. Lisa describes double majoring at Bucknell Mark asks Lisa to discuss Bucknell's reputation, where is it stellar and where can it be improved? Schools have personalities, and Lisa describes what Bucknell's personality is? Lisa tells us who Bucknell's cross-apps are, these are the schools they also apply to when they apply to Bucknell Lisa tells us how demonstrated interest is factored in to admissions decisions Lisa addresses the question, Are students admitted into specific colleges or into Bucknell as a whole? Lisa answers the question, how is Bucknell different than Elon, a school where Lisa spent two decades at. Lisa and Mark discuss, "need-aware" admissions: how does the ability to pay factors into admission decisions at Bucknell? Lisa talks about some of the rich traditions that Bucknell has. (01:15:23) Two Recommended resources this week: 1) The place to go to get what Mark believes is the best step by step FAFSA Walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsI46YHy6lw 2) The College Admission Insider podcast. This is one of Mark's favorite College Admission podcasts. It is produced by the admission officers at Bucknell University: https://www.bucknell.edu/admissions-aid/admissions-blog?t=5369 Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 looks at the pros and the cons of having such an exam. It features the main person pushing for this exam. Mark and Dave debate the pros and cons of having such an exam. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-a-college-exit-exam-11628690410 (23:45) Mark and Lisa tackle three questions this week. Look for Mark and Lisa to do this more often as they are trying to get caught up when there are at least 30 questions that have been submitted that they have yet to answer. Question 1 is from Elizabeth from California: Now that most schools are test-optional or test blind for admissions, is there ANY advantage to having your student take the ACT or SAT for the purposes of trying to get merit money? I wouldn't want to tell my daughter that she doesn't have to take the ACT and then end up losing out on merit scholarships because they require them for consideration. On the other hand, if they are not using them to determine merit scholarships, then I would wonder what is the point of taking them? What are your thoughts on this? Thank you! Question 2 is from Ryan from Arizona: In episode 62 you comment on the % of how many students pick each essay prompt. Where did you get this data? I ask so I can look it up in several years when my child is filling out the common app. Question 3 is from Bobbi from Ohio: I looked at an online cost calculator for a prestigious (but not unattainable) private liberal arts university. One of the questions they asked in their quick calculator was "Are you working with a CBO?" What does it say about my kid if we are (or, are not) using a CBO in the eyes of an admissions department and/or financial aid office? How (and WHY) would that change how much we are going to have to pay? (46:04) Mark interviews Lisa Keegan, the VP of Enrollment at Bucknell University. The topic of the interview is: The priority of fit when building a college list. This is part 2 of a two-part interview. Preview for Part 2 Lisa is very candid with the pressure administrators feel from trustees about the college's ranking, so Lisa and Mark have a candid conversation about rankings and how flawed they are as a way of selecting a college. Lisa answers the question, how does a student know whether they will feel a sense of belonging at a campus? Lisa shares some great ideas of what to do on a college visit that go beyond the traditional information session and tour Mark asks Lisa if "fit" can change from when you start the process to when you are finishing up? (53:50) Recommended resource: The place to go to get a FSA ID. At least one parent and the student will need to get their own FSA ID to access Federal grants, loans or the Federal Work study program. https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch (01:02:04) College Spotlight: Meredith College https://www.meredith.edu/ Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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 a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 state students". The article looks at which colleges are taking the most out of state students. It also looks at the reasons why this is happening. Mark and Dave discuss all the points in the article and they tackle the topic, Is this advisable or disgraceful. They also talk about what colleges are doing to keep their competitors from raiding their own state for talent. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/08/19/college-recruiting-enrollment-tuition-in-state/1628566001/ (33:01) Mark and Lisa tackle two questions this week. Look for Mark and Lisa to do this more often as they are trying to get caught up when there are at least 30 questions that have been submitted that they have yet to answer. Question 1 is from Ryan from Arizona: Should my child submit his COGAT results from middle school to college? Question 2 is from Lori from New York: What is the difference between Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 2? (50:41) Mark interviews Lisa Keegan, the VP of Enrollment at Bucknell University. The topic of the interview is: The priority of fit when building a college list. This is part 1 of a two-part interview. Preview for Part 1 Lisa gives her backstory, where she grew up, how she got into admissions and various jobs that she has had Lisa answers the question, "what does a student need to know about themself before embarking on their college search?" Lisa shares some of the common places where students start their search that are often ill-advised. I ask Lisa, how can a student focus on fit when there is so much pressure on them to focus on prestige and she gives us some sage advice (59:26) Recommended resource: A great source for curated lists on a number of very relevant topics: https://www.collegetransitions.com/ (01:08:25) College Spotlight: University at Buffalo (UB)-http://www.buffalo.edu/ Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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 a college consultation with Mark, just text him at 404-664-4340. All he asks is that you review the services on his website first. His website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/

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 colleges are increasingly becoming more female and less male. The article also explores some of the reasons why this is happening. Mark and Dave began this conversation about six weeks ago and they promised a part 2 within eight weeks. Mark and Dave discuss nine reasons why colleges are not appealing to men these days. Mark and Dave had planned on discussing an article by Phillip Cook and Glenn Sacks, entitled, "Mysterious Decline-Where are the Men on Campus" before the WSJ article broke, so Dave and Mark also discuss this article. In fact, they pushed back their college spotlight so they could do a 45 minute deep dive into this topic. For this article, Mark and Dave focus on what happens in the elementary school years. https://www.wsj.com/articles/college-university-fall-higher-education-men-women-enrollment-admissions-back-to-school-11630948233 (49:15) Every fifth week YCBK has bonus content; this is a passion that Mark and/or Lisa just feel they need to share. In this edition, Mark and Lisa are discussing what students should do now if they are in the 12th grade. This is the fourth part of a sequel that began on #175 when they looked at what to do in the elementary and middle school years, #180, what to do in the 9th and 10th grade, 185, what to do in the 11th grade. Mark and Lisa will return to the final episode of this sequel in May of 2022 to look at what to do in the summer between graduating from high school and starting in college. (01:24:04) Mark interviews Eric Furda, who spent over 25 years in high level leadership at both Columbia and Penn. This is the final segment of a three-part interview. In Part 3 of 3, Mark asks Eric the following questions: Preview for Part 3 Eric talks about how colleges use college-specific questions to learn important things about the applicants Eric answers Mark's question, what are the things that are misunderstood about selective institutions? Eric pulls no punches when Mark asks him, how is U Penn different from Columbia and he is answering so I ask him several more follow up questions on the comparison of the two schools. I close by putting Eric on the hot seat and we get to learn a lot about the lighter side of Eric (01:31:38) Recommended resource: A sensational resource for anyone who wants to know which colleges serve Jewish students well: https://hillel.org/college-guide Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: 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 is 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 Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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!

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 changes does 2U plan on making, and how will the money from the sale be used. Mark and Dave explain who Edx and 2U are. They discuss many of the frequently asked questions that this article tackles. Online courses are growing and this purchase of Edx by 2U will not only help bridge the gap between well-resourced and under-resourced students but it will allow Edx to stay cutting edge with their offerings for all students. Edx has been around since 2012 when MOOC (Massive Open-Online courses) really took off but in recent years it has fallen behind Coursera. This purchase by 2U is going to help learners from all income brackets. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/06/edx-acquired-by-education-technology-company-2u/ (24:14) Mark and Lisa answer the following question: Our son loves computer science and programming but also is a voracious reader of literature, history and pretty much everything. We've only recently learned about 3+2 programs where a student could do a few years at a liberal arts college and then finish up at a university for CS. Have you done an episode on this topic? If not, we'd be interested in hearing more! If you can couple that with a discussion of the schools that participate (seems like Dartmouth and Columbia team up a lot), that would be great. Also, I can't tell if students apply as incoming freshmen or have to apply once they get to the liberal arts school? For example, if a student gets into say USC for CS as well as a great liberal arts college but won't know if they can get into a companion engineering program if they are supposed to apply as a rising Sophomore, then it seems really risky to go to the liberal arts college Mark and Lisa discuss the pros and cons of 3/2 engineering programs. (45:00) Mark interviews Eric Furda, who spent over 25 years in high level leadership at both Columbia and Penn. This will be a three-part interview. In Part 2 of 3, Mark asks Eric the following questions: Preview for Part 2 Eric answers several questions about institutional priorities and he gives an ingenious way for our listeners to know what a school's institutional priorities are Eric gives advice to any teacher listening about what to focus on when you write a teacher recommendation What is a good AP score? What AP score should a student not submit versus submit? We stay on the topic of test scores and I ask Eric when should a student submit their ACT or SAT scores, and when should they choose to apply test optional? (56:54) Recommended resource: Dr. Lisa Rouff shares another great resource she introduced Mark to named, Corsava. It is a card sort online test that helps identify the qualities in a college each student will thrive at. Mark and Lisa have Corsava subscriptions and we use this test with all of the students that we counsel. Students enjoy this and it takes only about 12 minutes. https://corsava.com/ (01:10:37) Our college Spotlight goes to Spokane Washington to do a deep dive on Gonzaga University https://www.gonzaga.edu/ Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: https://twitter.com/YCBKpodcast Feel free to pass this podcast on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. 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! Music is by SENA HERO/Victor-Alan Weeks.

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 are applying to HBCU's these days. Mark discusses this article with someone very special to the YCBK podcast family. Dave is off this week as he takes his daughter back to Yale. Dave had gone 82 weeks in a row without missing an episode. Mark and our surprise co-host discuss whether they agree with the findings in this article. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/02/03/more-hate-crimes-led-increased-black-student-enrollment-hbcus (33:42) Mark and Lisa answer the following question from a mom from Wisconsin: Not sure if this is a topic for you or not, but I have heard every episode and I do not believe you have talked about the emotional side of kids leaving college, or leaving the parents, and since Moms are a big part of your audience and you have Lisa now, maybe she could say a few words about it. I am just really struggling with having my daughter go so far away. I know she is so ready to spread her wings, but I am going to miss being so connected to her. Around my area, it is so not the norm to go far away where we live, so I don't have a lot of mom friends who can relate. Most kids go close to home, and the high achievers just go to UW Madison which is close! If it's not admissions-related enough, no problem, I understand - I just was thinking of it since it would be a"new" topic that I don't believe you addressed. Mark and Lisa each give their best advice for parents who are struggling with being separated from their child as they go off to college. (01:03:35) Mark interviews Eric Furda, who spent over 25 years in high level leadership at both Columbia and Penn. This will be a three-part interview. In Part 1, Mark asks Eric the following questions: Preview for Part 1 Eric shares what he has learned from going from an admission Dean to a college counselor Eric answers Mark's question about how colleges are handling challenges like: increased costs, the demographic cliff and the birth dearth that threaten to decrease the pool of applicants Eric answers the question, how do colleges project their yield (the percentage of accepted students who enroll) (01:12:48) Recommended resource: Dr. Lisa Rouff prepared for our question this week by reading the book: The Naked Roommate: For Parents only. We recommended the student edition around two years ago but now Lisa shares what she learned from reading Harlan Cohen's book: The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only: Calling, Not Calling, Roommates, Relationships, Friends, Finances, and Everything Else That Really Matters when ... Goes to College (Student Parenting Book) (01:25:30) Our college Spotlight goes to Temple University in Philadelphia, PA (https://www.temple.edu/) Great news! Even if your child didn't sign up for the SAT or ACT, Jed Applerouth and Ginger Fay are inviting all YCBK listeners and those who you refer to attend their one hour question and answer session about anything and everything about the ACT, the SAT or applying to college. Ginger Fay worked in admissions at Emory and Duke and Phillips Andover, and she was also an independent college counselor; she will join Jed. Jed will do a 15 minute overview of how the ACT is different from the SAT and then they will take your questions for 45 minutes. Just type your questions in the chat box. Now if you want to attend this you need to sign up. Here is a link to sign up: https://www.applerouth.com/signup/?scheduleid=457794 Go to September 8th at 8:30pm and you will see our event. Enter the following code to reserve your spot: M457794. Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the podcast before they go live: https://twitter.com/YCBKpodcast Feel free to pass this on to others who you feel will benefit, even if they are not a YCBK listener. Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: questions@yourcollegeboundkid.com. Music is by SENA HERO/Victor-Alan Weeks. 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!