Her honesty about the business side of admissions is refreshing and enlightening. Sabky did admissions at Dartmouth for 13 years. I strongly recommend the audiobook which is informative and entertaining: The name of the book is, "Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College" by Rebecca Munsterer Sabky, Eliza Foss. I have listened to it three times in the last three months. Preview-How admission officers evaluate a transcript Karen gives her backstory Karen tells us what selective schools look for when they evaluate a transcript Karen shares some of the mistakes students make with their course selection (01:13:22) The Recommended Resource is one of the best books I have ever read about college admissions. In this week’s episode Karen answers the question, how do colleges evaluate a transcript. Karen will address three different topics over for three consecutive Thursdays. Karen is the Dean of admissions at Colorado College.
mid-term grades - and any type of progress grades - how should we as parents be involved in progress grades so we can try to be helpful if any advocacy or tutoring needs to happen before it's too late at the end of the semester? end of semester grades - will these be shared with us as parents? If they are not good, will there be any consequences, or what would happen? (01:01:30) Our interview is with Karen Kristof, a 30+ year admission veteran who has worked at five colleges.
Conversely, if grades are poor, should we take away spending money. how much spending money should we give our student each month should we tie spending money to grades or offer any incentive related to grades. Mark and Lisa answer half of Diana’s questions in this episode and the other half next Thursday in episode 231. Mark and Lisa acknowledge that the transition to college is an area that we haven’t adequately covered. (32:58) Diana from Wisconsin sent us an outstanding list of questions that are all designed to get some guidance about the transition to college.
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The article looks at some of the strategic decisions one NJ school did to upgrade the academic caliber of their student body while expanded their diversity. Mark and Vince discuss an Inside Higher Ed article by Scott Jaschik entitled, “How Stevens Tech attracts applicants and students”. In this episode you will hear: (18:05) Vince Garcia makes his debut as one of our co-hosts in our monthly rotation for our “In the News” segment.
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