Your College-Bound Kid

YCBK 83: 5 Ways to use a resume in the admission process

Aug 29, 2019

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(06:50) In this week’s news, an article from Forbes, “Admission Deans Share Tips for College Applications” by Brennan Barnard. Recognizing the many students will procrastinate until days or even hours before their application deadlines, Barnard sought sound advice from admission...

YCBK 82: What is a Gap Year and Should I Take One?

Aug 22, 2019

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(06:20) In this week’s news, an article from Pro-Publica.org, “Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based College Financial Aid” by Jodi Cohen and Melissa Sanchez. Dozens of rich families in Chicago have been discovered scamming the admissions system, this time as...

YCBK 81: Common Mistakes Made by International Students

Aug 15, 2019

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(03:00) In this week’s news, an article from Pro-Publica, “The Admission Arms Race: Six Ways Colleges Game Their Numbers” by Marian Wang. Colleges are gaming their numbers through what the writer calls strategically achieved statistics. College-bound students often look at stats to...

YCBK 80: Advice for Non-Traditional Students

Aug 8, 2019

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(5:28) In this week’s news, an article from Inside Higher Ed, “When Colleges Seek Diversity through Photoshop” by Scott Jaschik. Schools have been busted using Photoshop to add students of color into their marketing materials in places where the original photo was taken with a white...

YCBK 79: The Role of the High School Counselor

Aug 1, 2019

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(6:24) In this week’s news, an article from the Wall Street Journal, “Over 60 and Crushed by Student Loan Debt” by Anna Maria Andriotis. The last count for the amount of student loan debt owned by people over the age of 60 was $86 billion. These individuals either paid for their...