All Episodes
Application to Admission — 70 episodes
Episode 69 - Financial Fit: Beyond Sticker Price
Episode 68- Accepted? Denied? Waitlisted?!! Now What?!!
Episode 67 - Pain Points, Belonging, and the Hidden Curriculum of College Success with Dr. Veronica Carey
Episode 66 - Admit, Deferred, Denied? What to do Next....
Episode 65 - Howard Made, Philly Raised: Alicia Oglesby on Counseling, Calling, and Keeping It Real
Episode 64 - Transfer Savvy: Why Where You Start Isn’t Where You Have to Finish with Jaime Smith
Episode 63 - Faith, Facts & First-Gen Futures: Charlain Bailey on College Planning That Works
Episode 62- Scholarship, Sweat & Strategy: Winning at College Through At
Episode 61 - Meet The Scholarship Mama, Laverne Mickens $$$
Episode 60 - The College Decision Story: A Student’s Perspective on Success
Episode 59 - Class of 2026 - Let's Get a Plan with China Hutchins, Senior Associate Director College Counseling · Ransom Everglades (FL)
Episode 58: Empowering Journeys: The Tillet Sisters' Path to Activism and Healing
Episode 57: Why Parent Matterz with Rhona Vega!
Episiode 56: The Power of Data and Storytelling: Marketing Insights for Education and Admissions with José Mallabo
Episode 55 - How AI and College Admissions Are Evolving Together with Emily Pacheco
Episode 54 - HBCUs Have Homecomings. PWIs Have Alumni Reunions - Let's All Give Back
Episode 53 - The Importance of School Counselors and How Families Can Be Proactive with Candice Mackey
Episode 52- Money and College with Best Selling Author Ron Lieber
Episode 51 - HBCUs Now and the Legacy of Black Power and Excellence with Dr. Deondra Rose
Episode 50 - Parenting, Rankings, and Testing with with Akil Bello
Episode 49 -Going to Princeton and Giving Back with Purpose
Episode 48 - Journey to Literacy: An Interview with Ty Allan Jackson
Episode 47 - Mother's Day Wisdom
Episode 46 - The Perfect Trifecta: When a Mother, Educator, and Admissions Expert Knows Best
Episode 45 - Redefining Success in a Changing Higher Education Landscape
Episode 44 - Expert Help for Students with Disabilities and Need Accommodations with Elizabeth Hamblet
Episode 43 - Class of 2025! On Your Mark! Get Set! GOOOOO!! with Keeon Gregory
Episode 42 - College Akcess for All!
Application to Admission (Trailer)
Episode 41 - With Great HBCU Power, Comes Greater Responsibility: DEIBJ, College Counseling and Parenthood
Episode 40-NACAC Rising!
Episode 39 -Parenting and College Admissions: What You Need to Know Now with Lisa Heffernan
Episode 38 - White Man and “Black” Schools
Episode 37 - Essays over Everything
Episode 36- How a Professor Tackles Being Intentional About Parenting, Education and Talking About Race
Episode 35 - Do Black Families Believe in College Rankings?
Episode 34 - How to Get Scholarship Money for HBCUs
Episode 33 -Reflective and Effective Servant Leadership
Episode 32 - College Sports: Recruiting, Scholarships and What Matters Most
Episode 31- Mental Health and College Admissions
Episode 30- When the Juggle (and Struggle) is Real! An Interview with Allison Slater Tate.
Episode 29- Redefining Leadership in College Admissions with Ken Anselment
Episode 28 - Stephanie Espy - Brilliance is Her Name.
Episode 27 -Affirmative Action - for Black and Brown students - is Dead.
Episode 26 -Shantel Goodman-Luckett - Purpose Driven Work
Episode 25- Curtis Valentine - Education + Service = Excellence
Episode 24- How to Use the Summer if Your Child is a Rising Senior -Interview with Stacy Richardson
Episode 23 - Is TCU the "hottest" college in the South? Let's ask Dean of Admission Heath Einstein...
Episode 22 -Does Going to a Private, Independent School Mean That My Child Will Go To A Top College?
Episode 21 - How Much Should Parents Influence Where Their Child Goes to College?
Episode 20- Reimagined Success with A Better Chance (ABC) CEO, Francisco Tenzin
Episode 19 -Should My Child Still Take the SAT?
Episode 18- 11th Grade College Information Bonanza with "Jenn the Tutor"
Episode 17 - New Year, Even Better Information!
Episode 16 : How Parents Can Partner with Their Teens During the College Admissions Process
Episode 15: Is Race-Conscious Admissions Wrong?
Episode 14 - Rodney Morrison is RIGHT!!!
Episode 13 - Morehouse or Georgetown: Which Has the “Best Man”? - Part 2
EP 12 - Black Families, College Admission, and Money Webinar (Recorded - September 11th)
Episode 11 - Morehouse or Georgetown: Which has the "Best Man" ?
Will Sending Your Child to a Private School Get Them Into a Top College? A Real Talk Conversation with Gina Parker Collins and Samantha Osbourne from RIISE (Resources in Independent School Education)
Episode 9 - Season 1 Done (Wrap Up and Outtakes)
Episode 8 - The Personal and Professional Side of HBCUs vs PWIs with Admission Expert - Lisa Fuller founder of College Primed, LLC
Episode 7- College Admissions: Hittin’ You from Every Angle with College Admission Guru, Joseph Montgomery
Episode 6 -Taking Full Advantage of the College Experience with guest Rhodes Scholar Chelsea Jackson
Episode 5 - If you want your child to go to a Black Ivy AND a PWI Ivy, do this……. w/ Parent, Educator and Entrepreneur, Tracie Wilson Payne
Episode 4 -11th Grade To Do’s w/ College Admission Expert, Brandi Smith
Episode 3 - Money Matters (Comparing Financial Aid Award Letters) with guest, Jason Hamilton of FinAide.com
Episode 2 -The Black Family’s Guide to College Admission Book Preview
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