YCBK 668: Co-Hosts Debate "What Advice We Should Be Giving to Students" 2 of 2

In this episode you will hear: Mark and Carter debate an article Brennan Barnard wrote in Forbes entitled: "College Admissions Maxing: A Troubling Trend Mark reads the article before part 2 of the debate Mark interviews Dr. Rick Barth, Director of Undergraduate Admissions Part 2 of 5 Preview of Part 2 of 5 µ Rick Barth explains the impact of the two football national championships µ Rick talks about engineering at Clemson and especially the automotive engineering, as it is the only program of its kind in the country µ Rick talks about Clemson's Bridge Program with Tri-County; he describes the program and discusses the strengths and challenges of Bridge µ Rick discusses, how is Clemson different than The University of South Carolina µ We transition to talking about Admissions at Clemson and Rick explains the big 3 factors Clemson looks at µ Rick explains how Clemson calculates a GPA µ Rick shares why he likes STARS and why Clemson uses it µ Rick explains if Clemson looks at dual enrollment the same as they look at AP or IB µ Rick talks about how they try to account for the different high schools students are coming from Recommended Resources JG Talks: Helping prospective and current college students achieve success Colleges that allow self-reporting of test scores Colleges that Allow Self-Reporting of SAT and ACT Scores Great source for questions about finances and college Edvisors: Financial Aid, Student Loans, Scholarships and Money Management FAFSA Walkthroughs Mark recommends Complete FAFSA 2026‑2027 Walkthrough | From Start to Submit CSS PROFILE Walkthroughs CSS Profile Walkthrough MEFA Institute: A Deep Dive into the CSS Profile Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. Unfortunately, we will NOT answer questions on the podcast anymore that are emailed in. If you want us to answer a question on the podcast, please use speakpipe.com/YCBK. We feel hearing from our listeners in their own voices adds to the community feel of our podcast. 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 almos