In this episode you will hear:   (04:52) Matt Bonser, the Director of Admissions at Colorado College and a Gap year expert answers 20 questions about Gap Years in this 75-minute discussion. (Part 3 of 3) ²  Should a student reapply to the selective school they didn’t get in the next year, after taking a Gap year? Matt tells us when this can work. ²  Matt gives his thoughts of a student who takes a gap year in high school ²  Matt talks about Verto, a third-party provider of study abroad experiences and he tells us what he likes about Verto, and why CC is now a partner with Verto ²  I ask Matt to give his feedback on two concerns that I frequently hear from parents about Gap Years. ²  Matt shares what he learned about the college process by going through it as a parent this year     (25:48) Mark answers a Speakpipe question from Laura from DC where he shares tips for college fairs.    (46:25) Mark interviews Nora and Hannah, two college coaches with ScholarMatch, the CBO that matches college coaches with First Gen, under-resourced students. . They explain who ScholarMatch is and how YCBK listeners can become a volunteer college coach with ScholarMatch, even if they do not have any college counseling experience. Part 3 of 3 §  Hannah discusses how a coach builds rapport with a student virtually. §  Hannah lets us know if there is any specialized training to help coaches understand the unique challenges First-Gen and under-resourced families face. §  Hannah and Nora go into more depth about the demographics of the ScholarMatch students from a racial, ethnic and geographic background §  Nora and Hannah talk about whether college coaches get training on the University of California application. §  Hannah shares what are the frustrating parts of the coaching work §  Nora talks about what ScholarMatch recommends when a student is non-responsive to outreach from the college coach §  Nora talks about where an interested potential coach can go to get more information if this interview didn’t answer all of their questions. §  Nora shares, when will someone who applies to be a coach, will find out they are accepted as a college coach §  I make a personal commitment to ScholarMatch §  Nora and Hannah go on the hotseat in the lightning round     (01:15:20) College Spotlight, Saint Andrews University, Scotland, with International Specialist, Kevin Newton Part 2/2   (01:01:15) Recommended Resource- T  Do it yourself college rankings and and here are the dates for ScholarMatch information sessions:  (PST)  (PST) Here is a link to the ScholarMatch volunteer form:   6 areas to think through when you have quality college pptions but you do not know which college to enroll in     Brennan Barnard article about Susan Tree:   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.   To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our new monthly admissions newsletter, delivered directly to your email once a month, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign-up popup.   Check out our new blog. We write timely and insightful articles on college admissions:   Follow Mark Stucker on Twitter to get breaking college admission news, and updates about the