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YCBK 360: Tough questions about college fraternities

YCBK 360: Tough questions about college fraternities

FromYour College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews


YCBK 360: Tough questions about college fraternities

FromYour College Bound Kid | Admission Tips, Admission Trends & Admission Interviews

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Sep 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode you will hear:   o   Mark describes what “Yield protection is and he shares one public university he is hearing rumor is practicing “yield protection”. Mark asks for listener feedback on this topic. o   Mark shares advice from admission officers from Emory, Cornell, Wash U, Brandeis and Pomona on what makes a great School Profile. Mark explains what these School Profiles are, why they are important, and he shares advice on what makes for a great . o   Lisa interviews Brian Bertges, the Executive Director of Theta Delta Chi, a major national fraternity, they talk about fraternity life on college campuses.   Preview of Part 2 Ø  Lisa and Brian have a very deep conversation about the motivations for the behavior that we all have, discussing things like fear and reward Ø  Lisa asks Brian about whether date rape and sexual assault and whether it is a problem in fraternity life Ø  Lisa asks Brian about the documentary, “Bama Rush” Ø  Lisa asks Brian about the website, Greekrank, does he recommend websites like Barstool and Greekrank Ø  Lisa asks if Brian’s fraternity is open to accepting trans students   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     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 on the podcast. Mark will also share additional hot topics in the news and breaking news on this Twitter feed. Twitter message is also the preferred way to ask questions for our podcast:   https://twitter.com/YCBKpodcast   1. To access our transcripts, click: https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/category/transcripts/ 2. Find the specific episode transcripts for the one you want to search and click the link 3. Find the magnifying glass icon in blue (search feature) and click it 4. Enter whatever word you want to search. I.e. Loans 5. Every word in that episode when the words loans are used, will be highlighted in yellow with a timestamps 6. Click the word highlighted in yellow and the player will play the episode from that starting point 7. You can also download the ent
Released:
Sep 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each Thursday, the "Your College-Bound Kid" podcast will discuss a hot college admissions article; answer a question from a listener; interview a "thought leader" in the world of college admissions, and do a Spotlight on a college. Every Monday, we will have a second episode with announcements and an interview with a "thought leader" in the world of college admissions or college life. YCBK combines in-depth knowledge and insights about college admissions with a lighthearted, easy-to-listen-to style.