YCBK 219: How kindness can impact admission officers

In this episode you will hear:   (12:20) In this week’s “In the news” segment,  Mark and Dave discuss a April 4th, 2017 article,  by Becky Sabky that appeared as an oped in the New York Times. At the time Sabky wrote this, she was a senior member of the admission staff at Dartmouth College. The article is entitled, “check this box if you are a good person”. Sabky recounts the letter of recommendation that she read in their 13 years at Dartmouth that had the most profound impact on her. The student was unanimously voted to be admitted. Dave and I deconstruct the op-ed, looking at what this student did to impact Sabky so much. We look at what students can learn and apply to their own lives.   (34:55) Shauna from North Dakota has several questions related to when schools recind acceptances for low grades. She also wants to know if students should cover themselves by applying to some EA schools and not withdrawing their applications to protect themselves.     https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/check-this-box-if-youre-a-good-person.html   (48:30) Our interview is with two MIT admission officers (Chris Peterson and Kellen Manning) who also have other roles at MIT. Chris aka Petey and Kellen provide great insights into “Understanding MIT” Part 2 of 2 Petey answers the question, “how important is the 9th grade in their evaluation” Petey reveals whether grades predict grades at MIT Petey talks about whether test scores predict grades at MIT. He explains what MIT’s research reveals on test scores. Petey talks about other cognitive factors that impact grades at MIT Kellen answers a question, “what does MIT do to ensure positive mental health with its students?” Kellen answers the question one of our listeners sent in, “What is MIT’s personality”? The guys answer the question, “what does MIT do well” and “what does MIT need to improve”? We close by putting the guys on the hot seat and they were ready for me.   Our 25 minute discussion about MIT with Chris Peterson and Kellen Manning will serve as our College Spotlight   (01:00:34) Our recommended resource for episode 219 are the waitlist statistics that College Transitions/Data verse produce: https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/waitlist-statistics   To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email four times a year, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under “the Listen to our podcast icons”   Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news,  and updates about the podcast before they go live. You can ask questions on Twitter that he will answer them on the podcast. Mark will also share additional hot topics in the news and breaking news on this Twitter feed:     To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point You can also download the entire podcast as a transcript   We would be honored if you will pass this podcast episode on to others who you feel will benefit from the content in YCBK.   Please subscribe to our podcast. It really helps us move up in Apple’s search feature so others can find our podcast.   Don't forget to send your questions related to any and every facet of the college process to: [email protected].   If you enjoy our podcast, would you please do us a favor and share our podcast both verbally and on social media? We would be most grateful!   If you want to help more people find Your College-Bound Kid, please make sure you subscribe to our podcast. You will also get instant notifications as soon as each episode goes live.   Check out the college admissions books Mark recommends:   Check out the college websites Mark recommends:   If you want to have some input about what you like and what you recommend we change about our podcast, please complete our Podcast survey; here is the link:     If you want a college consultation with Mark or Lisa, just text Mark at 404-664-4340 or email Lisa at [email protected]. All they ask is that you review their services on their website before the complimentary session. Their counseling website is: https://schoolmatch4u.com/