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

Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission InterviewsAdmission Interviews Our mission is to "make college knowledge available to all." Each Thursday, the "Your College-Bound Kid" podcast will discuss a hot college topic in the news; we will answer a question or two that listeners send in, we will interview a "thought leader" in the world of college admissions, and do a "deep-dive," we call Spotlights on a College. Every Monday, we have a second episode to discuss a "hot topic" and interview a

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01:32:43

YCBK 590: More Controversy Over Tulane Putting 4 High...

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2025/11/24

In this episode you will hear: Mark expands on what he said about colleges waiving application fees and Mark reads multiple responses he received from people who heard the discussion about Tulane penalizing four high schools by not allowing their students to apply Early Decision to Tulane for a year. New Interview-Dr. Jay Hamilton, Stanford professor and author of the book, "You Got In! Now What? Preview of Part 2 of 2 m Jay shares some of the other books that

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01:42:44

YCBK 589: Was Tulane Justified By Punishing a HS When...

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2025/11/20

In this episode you will hear: (05:56) In the News Vince and Mark discuss an article that appeared in the New York Times onn October 26, 2025, entitled, "An Early-Decision Student Backed Out of Tulane. Tulane Punished High School. (38:05) Interview: Mark interviews Jin Chow, the Founder of Polygence, but now they have a new exciting service called, "Work Lab'. Jin explains to us how Work Lab helps students Preview of Part 1 v Jin explains what Work Lab Is m Jay explains how his sons led him to write a

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01:41:59

YCBK 587: Insights Into How Admission Decisions Are...

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2025/11/13

In this episode you will hear: Results from our 507 listeners are shared (11:06) In the News Andy Strickler shares some more information about AP Tests scores, but then Andy and Mark transition to discuss a range of other ways that admissions files are read that are usually kept in secret, and are rarely shared publicly (37:08) Interview: Mark interviews Stephen Master, an expert in Sports Management Careers. They discuss "Opportunities for Careers In Sports Management"  Stephen continues to talk

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01:12:07

YCBK 586: What Do Colleges Want To See In Teacher...

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2025/11/10

In this episode you will hear: Kate and Susan answer a question from a mom whose daughter is struggling with her gender identity, and she has been bullied, and she wonders if this is a good essay topic for her to write on Heath Einstein explains to us what colleges want to see in teacher recommendations: Preview of Part 3 v Heath continues by sharing things you should not say in the teacher recommendation letter v Heath

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01:25:43

YCBK 585: All 39 AP Courses Rated As Most Rigorous or...

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2025/11/06

In this episode you will hear: (03:45) In the News Andy Strickler and Mark Stucker discuss all 39 AP Courses. Andy gives his opinion which ones are the most rigorous (23:27) Interview: Mark interviews Stephen Master, an expert in Sports Management Careers. They discuss "Opportunities for Careers In Sports Management" v Stephen shares his impressive resume and his background, what he is doing now when it comes to careers in sports management v I replay what Heath said about persistence and grit because I thought it was that important v Heath and I discuss whether you should ask a teacher for very specific things that you

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01:16:57

YCBK 583: Two Students Speak Out About Stress, Peer...

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2025/10/30

In this episode you will hear: (02:07) In the News Andy Strickler and Mark Stucker discuss some trends in college admissions that present challenges to enrollment officers-Part 2 of 2 (22:52) Interview: Lisa interviews two students, a female student who is a freshman in college and a male student who is a rising senior in high school. Each student is very transparent about the pressure and stress they experienced with the college process. They share advice to any students and parents who will

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58:40

YCBK 582: What Do Colleges Want To See In Teacher...

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2025/10/27

In this episode you will hear: (08:25) Kate Stricklan from CU Boulder and Susan Tree discuss takeaways from the NACAC conference and they share insights into file reading. (23:50) Heath Einstein explains to us what colleges want to see in teacher recommendations: Preview of Part 1 v Heath gives updates on TCU v Heath shares what he learned about admissions from being a parent v Heath shares some major changes happening at TCU v Heath shares how you can know if a teacher rec is important v Heath

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01:08:28

YCBK 581: What Is Keeping Chief Enrollment Officers...

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2025/10/23

In this episode you will hear: (02:10) In the News Andy Strickler and Mark Stucker discuss some trends in college admissions that present challenges to enrollment officers (25:15) Interview: Lisa interviews two students, a female student who is a freshman in college and a male student who is a rising senior in high school. Each student is very transparent about the pressure and stress they experienced with the college process. They are transparent about their experience and give advice

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01:54:11

YCBK 580: Tips To Help You Understand How College...

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2025/10/20

In this episode you will hear: (13:15) Kate Stricklan from CU Boulder and Susan Tree discuss takeaways from the NACAC conference and they share insights into file reading. (33:54) Mark Stucker and Hillary Dickman discuss some takeaways from the Case Studies, there focus is on key insights we hoped the listeners didn’t miss that give students and parents insights into how admissions decisions are made Here is a link for our new YCBK listener survey so you can take the survey:

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01:33:49

YCBK 579: Why Are So Many Students Applying Early...

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2025/10/16

In this episode you will hear: (01:50) In the News Lynda and Mark discuss why they are seeing so much interest in Early Decision to the University of Chicago this year (30:52) Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 4 of 4 § Dan talks about the importance of motivation § Dan explains what you can do to as a professor to bring out the best in students § Dan talks about how his book has been used by those in student life, those in alumni life,

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59:34

YCBK 578: Hot Topics Admissions Officers and...

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2025/10/13

In this episode you will hear: Kate Stricklan shares her background and then Susan and Kate discussed some of the hot topics college counselors and admission officers were discussing at the recent NACAC conference in Columbus, Ohio. This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Layla on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under the resources tab and then either watch the committee discussion, or listen to it Here is a link for our new YCBK

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01:28:26

YCBK 577: New Ways In Which AI Is Being Used In...

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2025/10/09

In this episode you will hear: (01:56) In the News Hilary and Mark discuss some new ways that were revealed at the recent Slate conference that AI is being used in college admissions (38:04) Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 3 of 4 § Dan talks about the importance of mentorship, but he talks about what works and what doesn’t work § Dan talks about the importance of spaces, including architecture § Dan talks about the importance of high

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44:30

YCBK 576: Admissions Committee Discusses How They...

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2025/10/06

In this episode you will hear: Mark answers a queston from a listener about whether playing a varsity sport in college hurts you from getting a job after college. This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Layla on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under the resources tab and then either watch the committee discussion, or listen to it If you want to reach out to our three admission officers who participated in the case studies, here is

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01:23:16

YCBK 575: How College Works: Results of a 10-year...

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2025/10/02

In this episode you will hear: (02:00) Question from a Listener Vince and Mark answer a question from a listener about the lawsuit against Early Decision. Vince and Mark answer this by discussing a recent article on this topic. (30:34) Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 2 of 4 § Dan about the importance of your peer group § Dan talks about ideas colleges can do to bring students together § Dan talks about Living Learning Communities §

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01:23:18

YCBK 574: Admissions Committee Discusses How They...

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2025/09/29

In this episode you will hear: (09:18) Lisa and Lynda discuss Lisa’s recent visit to the University of New Hampshire (31:42) A student at Berry College who is considering law school, asks a few questions about law school. Jon and Jeff, our two law school partners answer the question This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Allen Landon on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under the resources tab and then either watch the committee

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01:27:59

YCBK 573: Do You Need A Passion Project To Get...

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2025/09/25

In this episode you will hear: (02:08) Question from a Listener Hilary and Mark answer a question from a student from mom from suburban Philly and she wants to know how colleges read athletes that won’t play at their college. Hilary and Mark also discuss our thoughts on passion projects. (36:07) Brand new interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 1 of 4 § Dan gives his backstory § Dan tells us why he decided to study how college works § Dan

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01:14:21

YCBK 572: Admissions Committee Discusses How They...

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2025/09/22

In this episode you will hear: This is your chance to see how admissions committees make decisions. Read the admissions file for Alana Anderson on the Yourcollegeboundkid.com website under the resources tab and then either watch the committee discussion, or listen to it Here is a link for our new YCBK listener survey so you can take the survey: Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. Unfortunately, we

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01:00:36

YCBK 571: Are the Impressions Students Have of Boston...

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2025/09/18

In this episode you will hear: (06:10) Question from a Listener Hilary and Mark answer a question from a student from rural Kentucky and then Hilary and Mark discuss whether a student needs to talk about academics in their Personal Statement (21:00) Our Roundtable is back. Susan, Julia, Hilary and Mark discuss the Secondary School Report, what is it and how does it factor into admission decisions-Part 3 of 3 (37:22) College Spotlight Interview, Grant Gosselin, Chief Enrollment

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