All Episodes
USACollegeChat Podcast — 100 episodes
Episode 177: Why the College's Cost Matters
Episode 176: Why the College's Admissions Practices Matter--Obviously
Episode 175: Why the College's Activities and Sports Matter
Episode 174: Why the College's Security Measures Matter
Episode 173: Why the College's Housing Matters
Episode 172: Why the College's Schedule Matters
Episode 171: Why the College's Academics Matter--Obviously
Episode 170: Why the College's Class Size Matters
Episode 169: Why the College's Enrollment Matters
Episode 168: Why the College's Community Location Matters
Episode 167: Why the College's History and Mission Matter
Episode 166: Getting and Organizing College Information
Episode 165: Your Kid's Long List of College Options
Episode 164: The Most Important Step in College Admissions
Episode 163: What High Schools Do Colleges Visit?
Episode 162: The High School Courses That Colleges Require
Episode 161: College Wait Lists
Episode 160: The Best Advice About Choosing a College
Episode 159: Going to College in California?
Episode 158: Does the College Matter?
Episode 157: Thinking Through College Acceptances
Episode 156: They Teach Happiness at Yale
Episode 155: Foreign Languages and College Admissions
Episoe 154: Instant College Admission Decisions
Episode 153: Outstanding New Documentary on HBCUs
Episode 152: Choosing a College Because of a Major
Episode 151: What About a College's Grading Practices?
Episode 150: College Acceptance for the Spring Semester?
Episode 149: Colleges with Late Application Deadlines!
USACC 148: College Deferment and a Letter of Appeal
Episode 147: It's a New College World, Or Is It?
Episode 146: The Biggest College Application Mistake You Are About To Make
Episode 145: Supplemental College Application Essays—The Sequel
Episode 144: Supplemental College Application Essays—Oh, My!
Episode 143: High School Students Can't Write
Episode 142: What's Wrong with Your Kid's College Application Essay?
Episode 141: The Role of Parents in College Applications
Episode 140: The Scandal of Transferring College Credits
Episode 139: Narrowing Your Teenager's List of College Options
Episode 138: It's Early Decision/Early Action Time Again
Episode 137: College Support Services: More Important Than You Think
Episode 136: Too Few Male Students at College?
USACC 135: Another Look at Community Colleges
Episode 134: The College/Career Value of Internships
Episode 133: What High School Courses Will Get You into College?
Episode 132: High School Grade Inflation and College Admissions
Episode 131: College Admission Testing, One More Time
Episode 130: Opening Your Eyes About College Options
Episode 129: What You Don't Know About Colleges
Episode 128: College Enrollment in Decline?
Episode 127: Private Colleges for Low-Income Students?
USACC 126: Colleges That Are Successful at Delivering Needed Career Skills
Episode 125: Colleges Serving First-Generation-to-College Students
Episode 124: An Exemplary Hispanic Serving Institution for New College Students
Episode 123: A New Look at Colleges North of the Border
Episode 122: A Truly American International University
USACC 121: No Harvard for You!
Episode 120: Lots of College Options in Our New Workbook
Episode 119: Explore College Options with a New Workbook
Episode 118: It's the Colleges' Turn To Beg!
Episode 117: The Best Case for Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
Episode 116: Getting a Remarkable College Recommendation Letter
Episode 115: What About a Gap Year Before College?
Episode 114: It's College Decision Time!
Episode 113: The Community College Challenge
Episode 112: Speeding Up College Graduation
Episode 111: The College Major Dilemma
Episode 110: The New Common App College Essay Prompts
Episode 109: Early Decision and Early Action Anxiety in College Admissions--Part II
Episode 108: Early Decision and Early Action Anxiety in College Admissions--Part I
Episode 107: What's All This I Hear About Online College Courses?
Episode 106: The Nightmare of the Supplemental College Application Essays
Episode 105: Colleges Still Accepting Applications!
Episode 104: Public Universities--One More Time
Episode 103: Can You Find a College Like Georgia State?
Episode 102: Using Technology To Communicate with Colleges
Episode 101: College Application Fees--Oh, My!
Episode 100: Historically Black College and University Freshman Enrollment on the Rise
Episode 99: College Application Essays—One More Time (Part II)
Episode 98: College Application Essays—One More Time (Part I)
Episode 97: An Overview of Your Teenager's List of College Options
Episode 96: Narrowing Down Your Teenager's College List--Step 4
USACC095: Narrowing Down Your Teenager's College List--Step 3
Episode 94: Narrowing Down Your Teenager's College List--Step 2
Episode 93: Narrowing Down Your Teenager's College List--Step 1
Episode 92: Don't Use These Two Filters for Your Teenager's College List!
Episode 91: Think Harder About Community Service
Episode 90: Assignment #10—It's Never Too Late To Add One More College
Episode 89: Assignment #9--Looking at College Schedules
Episode 88: Assignment #8--Looking at College Housing and Safety
USACC087: Assignment #7--Looking at Core Curricula
Episode 86: Assignment #6--Looking at College Location, Not Distance
USACC085: Assignment #5--Looking at College Size
Episode 84: Assignment #4—Looking at College Enrollment Breakdowns
Episode 83: Assignment #3—Looking at One More College Admission Standard
Episode 82: Assignment #2—Looking at College Admission Standards
Episode 81: Assignment #1--Expanding, Not Narrowing, the College Search
Episode 80: Is It Time for the College Essay?
Episode 79: What To Do This Summer
Episode 78: Are You Looking at Colleges or Party Venues?