In this episode you will hear:   (23:20) Vince shares a number of admission tips for our listeners. Vince and Mark begin a discussion of an article that appeared in “The Chronicle of Higher Education” on 9/27/2023 entitled, “The Student List Business is Changing. Will that make student recruitment less equitable”?       (33:48) Julia and Mark answer a question from Amy from South Carolina about housing deposits.    (43:50) Mark interviews Marissa Salizar in what will be a five part series that will be over 90 minutes, that will do a deep dive on all things college visit. Marissa is over all the visitation programs at Colorado College, and we cover: “Open Houses, “overnight visits”, “admitted-student visits”, “fly-in programs’ and “self-guided tours” Part 3 of 5   Part 3   Preview-Part 3 ü  Marissa describes what is required for the application for a fly-in program and what does the selection process look like ü  Marissa talks about what actually happens on the fly-in when a student gets to Colorado College ü  Marissa talks about whether student lie on their self-reported transcripts ü  Marissa talks about whether socio-economics plays a role in who gets their fly-in expenses covered ü  Marissa talks about how the SCOTUS decision on affirmative action impacts fly-in programs ü  Marissa gives us an overview of Landscape ü  We transition to “Daily visits” and Marissa gives us advice on how to set up a daily visit and what students can expect on a daily visit ü  Marissa gives advice to parents on what to do and what to not do on the college daily visit ü  Marissa answers a frequently asked question, if a student wants to meet a faculty member on a visit, how do they set this up? ü  Marissa answers the question, who else can a student request to meet on a daily college visit ü  Marissa answers the question, “how long should a family allocate for a visit to a campus”     (01:02:43) Recommended Resource-   Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe.   You can also use this for many other purposes: 1) Send us constructive criticism about how we can improve our podcast 2) Share an encouraging word about something you like about an episode or the podcast in general 3) Share a topic or an article you would like us to address 4) Share a speaker you want us to interview 5) Leave positive feedback for one of our interviewees. We will send your verbal feedback directly to them and I can almost assure you, your positive feedback will make their day. If you have a question for one of our upcoming interviews with admissions professionals, here is a list of admissions professionals who we will interview in 2023 or 2024 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 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-Ashley Pallie Colorado School of Mines Creighton University University of Puget Sound- Robin Aijian Belmont University University of Tennessee-Knoxville Law School Adm