In this episode you will hear:   Mark interviews Andy Strickler-Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and Early Decision 4  of 4 Preview of Part 4 of 4 §  Andy talks about converting your regular decision application to an ED2 app, is this okay and if so, what is the deadline when a student needs to do this? §  Andy talks about whether he expects a family to complete the net price calculator before they apply Early Decision §  Andy answers questions our listeners have about why colleges don’t share their ED 2 admit rates §  Andy talks about the kids that 5% of kids who apply ED, are admitted and don’t come every year and he tells us about how many of these kids fall into the 3 reasons why ED admits do not end up coming (15) §  Andy answers the question, does a student lose their financial leverage for merit scholarships if they apply         Mark interviews Jin Chow   Part 2-Preview §  Jin explains how Polygence benefits the students that participate and complete a project §  Jin explains the meaning of the word Polygence §  Jin talks about when students do their Polygence projects §  Jin answers the question, “Isn’t, Polygence just furthering the gap between well-resourced and under-resourced families §  Jin makes some excellent points about invisible privilege, and she challenges the conventional notion of “pay to play” §  Jin talks about the partial and full scholarships that they give out §  Jin talks about the objection, what would you say to the person who says most of the mentors are not industry experts but actually grad students? §  Jin talks about the challenge that most places where students get published that is meaningful takes longer than a few months, so isn’t the promise of possibly getting published an overpromise §  Jin talks about when they reject families who apply for Polygence §  Jin talks about the sign-up process and the Polygence application       Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. 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