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YCBK 376: What parents need to do to prepare their student to be successful in college-Part 1
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YCBK 376: What parents need to do to prepare their student to be successful in college-Part 1
FromYour College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews
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46 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
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In this episode you will hear: o Mark takes 11 college majors to show how colleges often take advantage of what their geographic area is known for. This may be one way to identify possible schools that may be very good at what your student is interested in. o How parents can prepare their students for the drastic change from high school to college, an interview with Dr. Andrea Brenner, author of How to College 1 of 4 Dr. Andrea Brenner Interview Preview of Part 1 ² Gives unique career path ² Tells us what the American University experience is ² Tells us about her book, “How to College and the five card decks she created ² Andrea talks about her favorite exercise to help students get college ready ² Dr. Brenner talks about some of the life skills students should have before they go off to college ² Dr. Brenner talks about the academic skills that students need before they leave home for college ² Dr. Brenner talks about many ways in which the skill set student need for high school is different than the skill set they need academically for college ² Dr. Brenner gives some outstanding tips about what students and parents can do to prepare for the adjustment to the freedom of college Dr. Brenner shares one mistake parents make that is well-intentioned but so harmful to preparing students to transition to college If you do not want to verbally leave a message for us by using speakpipe.com/YCBK you can send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab or via email at . You can also send in questions for our interviews by using speakpipe.com/YCBK. Our interviews are confirmed for 2023 and 2024 with the following leaders at the following schools: Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Fabrizio D’Aloisio-University of Tennessee-Knoxville Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College- Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Creighton University Dartmouth College-Lee Coffin Chris Cage-Belmont University Recommended Resources for AI by Chris Chilbert . This is the Washington Post article that I referenced. - . This is a link to the Harvard study that I mentioned. It's a bit long, but it's readable. The Post article references it. It shows how tools such as ChatGPT might be used in the workplace. - . This is Stanford's AI site. They're doing incredible research into AI, and it's worth reviewing. - . This is an inventory of how federal agencies are using AI. - . Article in The Atlantic focusing on ChatGPT and the founder of OpenAI. The Atlantic has a lot of AI coverage. - . This is from McKinsey Consulting. They have a free newsletter and a lot of good articles on the impact of AI on business. - - MIT's AI site. 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
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
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