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YCBK 678: Do Colleges Give Less $ to Students If They Apply Using Early Decision? (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear: Andy joins Mark to answer a Frequently asked question, "Do colleges give a student less money if they apply by using Early Decision because they know the student has to come, and doesn't have any leverage, so why lead with your best financial aid or merit-based scholarship offer? Mark and Christina interview Adam Miller, The VP of Enrollment at Whitman College, Part 3 of 3 Understanding Whitman's Ten Percent Promise Preview for Part 3 ¢ Christina compliments Whitma
YCBK 677: Can Your HS Counselor Call Colleges and Advocate for your Acceptance? (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear: (10:16) Hillary joins Mark to answer a question from a school-based counselor who wants to know if she can make advocacy calls for her students to colleges. (35:36) Mark and Christina interview Adam Miller, The VP of Enrollment at Whitman College, Part 2 of 3 Understanding Whitman's Ten Percent Promise ¢ Adam explains why Whitman still accepts the CSS Profile instead of having their own individual, separate form ¢ Adam explains why they ended up going up with 10%,
YCBK 676: Things You Need to Know If You Are Transferring to a New High School (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear: (10:32) Susan joins Mark to answer a question about how to transfer to a new high school from the 11th grade to the 12th grade when the transferring was because of bullying. (41:36) Mark and Christina interview Adam Miller, The VP of Enrollment at Whiman College, Part 1 of 3 Understanding Whitman's Ten Percent Promise ¢ Adam explains what the 10 Percent Promise Is ¢ Adam explains how assets are usually handled at most of Whitman's peer schools and how that differs
YCBK 675: Why 70 Colleges Now Partner with Verto for Transfer Admissions-5 of 5 (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear: (04:44) Mark interviews Mitch Gordon and Jennifer Ziegenfus-Verto Education Part 5 of 5-Preview v Mitch talks about how safe the sites that the students are at are v Jen talks about how a visit she took from Boulder to the London site, and it was transformational for her understanding of the magic of Verto v Mitch talks about whether a student or parent can visit an overseas site before they commit v Mitch tells us more about how Parents Days work v Jen talks about
YCBK 674: Why 70 Colleges Now Partner with Verto for Transfer Admissions (opens the original)
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In this episode you will hear: Mark interviews Mitch Gordon and Jennifer Ziegenfus-Verto Education Part 4 of 5-Preview v Mitch talks about how hard covid was extremely hard on Verto and he talks about what was it that allowed Verto to survive and then thrive through Verto v Mitch talks about what residential environment is like for students v Mitch talks about the course offerings are that are available at each location v Mitch talks about how they added several stem heavy partners and how they
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