IEC Profiles Week, Making the Most of College Visits, and What is Scholarship Displacement?
Hello listeners! Listen to this week's Tests and the Rest, in which we interviewed five amazing college advising professionals.
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What a week of IEC profiles on Tests and the Rest! Get to know these awesome college experts:
559. IEC PROFILE: Jennifer Stephan
558. IEC PROFILE: Hanna Stotland
557. IEC PROFILE: Carolyn Mulligan
556. IEC PROFILE: Alyson Campbell
555. IEC PROFILE: Tracy Sullivan
Have you listened to this gem from our archives?
32. MAKING THE MOST OF COLLEGE VISITS
Everyone knows that school visits are an important and often enjoyable part of the college admissions process. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to make this process worthwhile. Amy and Mike invited independent educational consultant Jodi Rosenshein Atkin to share serious tips on making the most of college visits.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What makes school visits important for students in terms of both fit and admissions?
What is a “Goldilocks visit” dry run?
What should be done before, during, and after to make a school visit effective?
Why does the tone of the information session matter?
What questions should you ask student tour leaders?
187. WHAT IS SCHOLARSHIP DISPLACEMENT?
We all know how valuable scholarship awards can be in defraying the high cost of education. But how many applicants recognize how often colleges subtract from their own aid packages the exact amounts students report in external scholarship funds? Amy and Mike invited scholarship expert Ken Downs to shed light on the mysterious phenomenon of scholarship displacement.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What exactly is scholarship displacement?
Why does scholarship displacement occur and how does it impact students?
What are the best ways to find out which schools follow a displacement policy?
What are providers doing to get around displacement and help their scholars?
Is scholarship displacement legal?