YCBK 672: How Can I Know What My Actual Miscellaneous College Expenses Are

In this episode you will hear: Mark interviews Mitch Gordon and Jennifer Ziegenfus-Verto Education Part 2 of 5-Preview v Jennifer goes in some depth explaining when and how a university recommends the Verto option for students v Mitch explains what he means by the "glass half full" approach to when a student gets a Verto offer v Mitch talks about more selective colleges have partnered with Verto in recent years v Mitch talks about the experiential learning that happens at Verto v Mitch explains how he had his epiphany of how college can be a great benefit to the colleges v Jen was the Vice Chancellor at CU Boulder and she explains what the "value add' is to the colleges and she explains two distinct pathways that students come to their college from Verto; she describes the Direct Transfer Pathway to Verto and the traditional path where the college recommends Verto v Mitch talks about how Verto is creating the largest Transfer Network in the world and how it is an international network and how it is growing fast v Mitch talks about the year Verto started and what the early years were like; he also talks about what Verto looks for when they a select a college partner v Mitch talks about his vision for the future of Verto v Jen talks about what factor goes into whether a student gets assigned to Verto for one semester or for one year v Mitch talks about the five international locations that Verto has and he talks about what factors determine which location to the student ends up at 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 cri