515 Episodes

  1. YCBK 74: What is An Admission Hook?

    Published: 6/27/2019
  2. YCBK 73: What Applicants with Disabilities Should Know

    Published: 6/20/2019
  3. YCBK 72: Advice for Undocumented Students

    Published: 6/13/2019
  4. YCBK 71: 13 Things to Consider Doing if Waitlisted

    Published: 6/6/2019
  5. YCBK 70: How to Handle a Weakness in Your Admissions Application

    Published: 5/30/2019
  6. YCBK 69: What You Need to Know about College Interviews

    Published: 5/23/2019
  7. YCBK 68: The Biggest Mistakes with Extracurricular Activities

    Published: 5/16/2019
  8. YCBK 67: Ways to show colleges your Academic Passion

    Published: 5/9/2019
  9. YCBK 66: What artistic majors need to do to stand out in admissions?

    Published: 5/2/2019
  10. YCBK 65: Advice about Letters of Recommendation

    Published: 4/25/2019
  11. YCBK 64: The Importance of College Specific Essays

    Published: 4/18/2019
  12. YCBK 63: Choosing the Right Prompt for Your Essay

    Published: 4/11/2019
  13. YCBK 62: The Biggest Mistakes in Personal Essays

    Published: 4/4/2019
  14. YCBK 61: What Admissions Counselors Look for in Personal Essays

    Published: 3/28/2019
  15. YCBK 60: How Colleges View Homeschooled Applicants

    Published: 3/21/2019
  16. YCBK 59: Social Media Presence in the Admissions Process

    Published: 3/14/2019
  17. YCBK 58: Demonstrated Interest and Why It’s Important

    Published: 3/7/2019
  18. YCBK 57: How to Make Your Activities Stand out in Your Application

    Published: 2/28/2019
  19. YCBK 56: Pros and Cons of Early Decision Applications

    Published: 2/21/2019
  20. YCBK 55: 15 Different Ways to Apply to College

    Published: 2/14/2019

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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 "thought leader" in the admissions or college life world. YCBK combines "in-depth knowledge" with a light, easy-to-listen conversational style. We have eight co-hosts, six college counselors, and two current admissions officers, including an Admissions Dean