On To College Podcast (formerly John Baylor Prep)

Segment 1: How Tesla and Ford teach us the value of a college degree with minimal debt. Segment 2: Why chat-bots should motivate apathetic students and parents. Segment 3: Your game-plan for doing Community College right. Hint— 70% of CC students don’t.

Segment 1: JB’s lessons from visiting six colleges with his daughter Segment 2: More first-hand lessons from JB’s college visits with his daughter Segment 3: What Research says about the importance of teachers, our most important profession

Guest: Rosanne Liesveld, long-time leader within Gallup's Education Division Segment 1: Parents: How our Obsession with grades is hurting our children and teachers Segment 2: Parents: how to develop trust with your child’s teachers Segment 3: Parents: focus on learning rather than grades

Segment 1: Eight Strategies for making your student(s) more gritty- a key to education and life success Segment 2: Eight More Strategies for making your student(s) more gritty Segment 3: Your Social Media— make sure Grandma would approve. Otherwise, you jeopardize admissions and aid.

Segment 1: Do your college visit right. Here’s how. Segment 2: Here are great questions to ask everyone on your college visit. Segment 3: The Tuition Compact is another benefit to negotiate— think no tuition increases all four years.

Segment 1: AP tests-- more students taking them, fewer colleges accepting them Segment 2: 2+2-- do's and don'ts for those thinking about two years at a community college for general education requirements. Guest: JBP college counseling guru Trevor Loney Segment 3: A great value college for your list-- Nebraska Wesleyan. Graduate in four years with an affordable, meaningful degree. Guest: NWU grad Ben Wiese

Advice for getting K-12 students into medical school and beyond. Guest Ben Wiese, recent UNMC graduate Segment 1: How much undergrad debt is too much for pre-meds? Segment 2: Pre-meds-- small colleges v. big universities-- which is better for getting into medical school? Segment 3: Advice for K-12 parents and students for aspiring pre-med students

Segment 1: Higher poverty requires great effort to create higher motivation. Here’s a plan for educators. Segment 2: Are 100% of your juniors taking the ACT? Concerned? Here are strategies to motivate them. Segment 3: How to minimize the downward effect lower achieving students have on your school’s ACT score.

Segment 1: Visit Colleges Correctly. Here’s How. Segment 2: Here’s your strategy to maximize that college visit. Segment 3: Two affordable STEM Colleges New Mexico Tech and South Dakota School of the Mines (a real value!)

Segment 1:How to help your counselor help you develop the right college list— ‘default’ colleges often are not the best choice. JBP expert Trevor Loney joins JB. Segment 2: Sports— what families often don’t think about. Segment 3: Sports— be strategic as a family. And let’s be strategic as a culture. Only 17% of our students access sports after school— ever.

Segment 1:Bonjour to the affordable, life changing 4-year college choices. JBP expert Trevor Loney joins JB. Segment 2: Make sure foreign colleges are not foreign to your student (think cost savings). Segment 3: More countries with affordable colleges, and why to avoid ‘default’ colleges. Be a savvy college shopper.

Segment 1:The ACT vs. the SAT— how many should juniors and seniors take and when? Segment 2: The keys to doing well on your ACT or SAT Segment 3: Parents and Superintendents: Let’s end the remedial class industry

Segment 1: Eleventh Hour advice for High School seniors — there is still time. Segment 2: It’s the home stretch: your Game plan this New Year for Juniors in High School. Segment 3: Understand the alternatives to two- and four-year colleges: boot camps, certificates, and micro degrees .

Segment 1: Differential tuition: how it can complicate college costs for families, Segment 2: Another college that offers big merit-based scholarships: Sewanee. Segment 3: Strategies for all HS Juniors this spring.

Segment 1: A K-12 District that did not accept low college graduation rates. The success of Project Future of Southside High School, Batesville, AK. Segment 2: How to improve college graduation rates. Dr. Roger Rich and Novella Humphrey of Southside HS share their strategies. Segment 3: Yes you can establish in-state residency and get lower tuition, but it can be complicated. Segment 4: Every student deserves the right college at the right price. Here are four strategies to make it happen. And another way to honor a great teacher and coach-- like the late Doug Kaltenberger.

Segment 1: Why Money Magazine’s 2016 List of Top 50 Colleges makes no sense Segment 2: Which 2-year degree leads to a $48k job, year one? Dr. Dennis Headrick, SECC, explains why a 2 year degree means opportunity and financial freedom. Segment 3: Interested in elite colleges? Then interview. The authors of College Interview Essentials join JB. Segment 4: Use this advice to interview for college-- and beyond. The authors of College Interview Essentials join JB.

Segment 1: Interviewing for college— is it a good idea? How to do it well. Segment 2: Parents: focus on building these three attributes in your high school student. Jeff Beals explains how they are critical to college success. Segment 3: How to market your high school student so selective colleges and scholarship committees notice. Jeff Beals explains. Segment 4: A sport girls can start at college— and hello scholarships.

Segment 1: Why parents don't let their children choose these majors. Segment 2: Parents: here’s why you should let your children choose these majors. Segment 3: Another college for under $23k a year, probably under $19k a year: Wichita State. Segment 4: Another great value: Wichita State, part 2.

John Baylor Prep helps schools and families create two- and four-year college graduates with minimal debt. This week’s show gives families with high school students back-to-school strategies and reveals another affordable, high-value college: Nebraska Wesleyan, a school that students across the country should consider. Segment 1: Another recent example of the life-changing impact a two- or four-year degree with minimal date has on a student, a community, and a state Segment 2: The talk that every family with high school children needs to have— now Segment 3: A great value, four-year college for less— Nebraska Wesleyan Segment 4: Put these lesser known colleges on your list: affordability and quality should go together

Segment 1: Hey K-12 students: join the 45% of high school graduates— those the ACT says are college ready. Just bring desire and grit. Segment 2: Game-changer: a land grant university advisor explains how K-12 can instill Cultural Capital, strengthening all students. Segment 3: Another great value, four-year college for less than $10,000 a year total— the Merchant Marine Segment 4: Two more great value, four-year colleges: the Coast Guard and Webb Institute. And big changes to the FAFSA-- October is the new month to submit your FAFSA.