On To College Podcast (formerly John Baylor Prep)

John Baylor College Prep Show, September 13, 2015

Segment 1: The 5-5-5 Strategy for making college affordable Segment 2: The Letters AP can help students save lots of money and time in college. Segment 3: Four characteristics essential for leadership Segment 4: Another Affordable rigorous college to add to your list: Dakota State.

Segment 1: What is Test Optional and how can it help your applicant. Segment 2: Another Affordable rigorous college to add to your list: Dickinson State. Pat Olson McGee joins JB Segment 3: Pat Olson McGee's senior year checklist.

Segment 1: How to start at a two-year college and get the four year degree. Shane Lackovic joins JB. Segment 2: Getting an NYU degree for half-price. Segment 3: $40k jobs right out of Community College. Tyler Mozier of the IWCC Design Tech program joins JB. Segment 4: Two Ways to maximize Community College.

Segment 1: This new "bootcamp" opportunity may be a very viable alternative path to a good-paying job. Segment 2: How to help your college counselor help you. Ann Herbener, College Counselor, joins JB. Segment 3: How to maximize your summer before senior year so that you truly help your college counselor help you. Ann Herbener stays with JB. Segment 4: Your college admissions priorities during the summer before senior year. Segment 5: This week's tweets.

Segment 1: Graduating with Minimal Debt is so simple. Reynaldo Maestas, Associate Director of admissions, New Mexico Tech, joins JB. Segment 2: An award-winning small college for less than $15k a year. Reynaldo Maestas, Associate Director of admissions, New Mexico Tech, joins JB. Segment 3: So many more students can graduate with minimal to no debt. Here's why and how. Segment 4: Reviewing the new book Pedigree-- are pricey, elite colleges really necessary?

Segment 1 through 4: Colonel Troy Wisdom, head of ROTC at Missouri State, joins JB to discuss ROTC. Segment 5: This week's tweets at @JB_Prep

Segment 1: An affordable college can provide better job options than a pricey one. Here's how. Segment 2: An affordable college can provide better job options than a pricey one. Here's how, part 2. Segment 3: Great Medical School Acceptance Rates for under $16k a year. Derek Skaggs, Missouri Southern Director of Admissions, joins JB. Segment 4: You can earn these big scholarships at this Division 1 university. Libby Burger, Missouri State Admissions, joins JB. Segment 5: This week's tweets at @JB_Prep

Segment 1: Why College is for ALL, especially the low income. Segment 2: Ole Miss, beloved by students and alumni, can be very affordable. Whitman Smith, Director of Admissions, Ole Miss joins JB. Segment 3: Another happy, debt-free student and mom. Gretchen Higgins, Ole Miss senior, and her mother Susan Higgins join JB. Segment 4: The best paying high school job ever. Segment 5: This week's tweets at @JB_Prep

Segment 1: Here's How Your Student(s) Can Do College Better. Segment 2: A $13k-a-year State University with small classes. Heath Christiansen, Director of Admissions, Peru State College joins JB. Segment 3: A $15k-a-year State University offering a one-class-at-a-time block schedule and specializing in environmental sciences. Matt Allen, Director of Admissions, Montana Western University joins JB. Segment 4: Travel and other surprises to plan for when assessing college costs. Segment 5: This week's tweets at @JB_Prep

Segment 1: Here's how big a problem student loan debt has become. Be sure to be price conscious. Segment 2: A $12k-a-year State University that should be on any high scoring student's list. Sarah Smylie and her Dad Mark join JB. Segment 3: Part 2-- A $12k-a-year State University that should be on any high scoring student's list. Sarah Smylie and her Dad Mark join JB. Segment 4: Less than $20k a year and an average post-graduation starting salary of $65k a year. Deb Selby describes her daughter's journey to this terrific, affordable college.

Segment 1: A four-year College for under $7500 a year. Luke Hodson, Admissions Director of Berea College, joins JB Segment 2: All free-and-reduced-lunch students should know about these colleges-- they're all under $10k a year. Segment 3: Nursing, computer science, business, and the sciences for under $12k a year. Jon Oglesby, Weber State Admissions, joins JB. Segment 4: Weber State, just another college busting the myth that a four-year college has to cost too much, & this week's tweets @JB_Prep.

Segment 1: The Machines are Coming. Don't get scared, get motivated. Segment 2: Five big mistakes families make in the college admissions process. Pat Olson-McGee, JBP College Counselor extraordinaire, joins JB. Segment 3:Five big mistakes families make in the college admissions process, part 2. Pat Olson-McGee, JBP College Counselor extraordinaire, joins JB. Segment 4: 25% of US teens are online "almost constantly." The costs awaiting this generation living vicariously. Segment 5: This week's tweets @JB_Prep.

Segment 1: College debt is serious business. What some states are doing to punish debtors in default. Segement 2: College cost and quality don't always correlate. Michael Geheren, U South Dakota sophomore, joins JB. Segment 3: Just $24k a year for this terrific public college: Sonia Wu, New College Admissions Director, joins JB. Segment 4: College rigor and affordability can go together. Anita Wu, New College Admissions Director, joins JB Segment 5: This week's tweets (@JB_Prep):

Segment 1: Why Skills, Knowledge, and a College Degree with Minimal Debt Now Matter So Much. Segment 2: It's True: A Solid, 4-year College for Less Than $15k a year. Jill Endries, UW-Oshkosh Director of Admissions joins JB Segment 3: Part 2: A 4-year College for Less Than $15k a year. Jill Endries, UW-OshkoshDirector of Admissions joins JB Segment 4: Public Universities for less than $20k a year vs. the Pricey Ones. Segment 5: This week's @JB_Prep Tweets.

Segment 1: Four Questions to Ask When Interviewed For a Job. Segment 2: An Elite College for Free. Pat Olson McGee joins JB Segment 3: A Strategy to Get Off The Wait List and Get In. Segment 4: When Transferring Might Make Sense. Sebment 5: This week's Tweets.

This week the JBP Show again busts the myth that a four-year college has to cost too much. If the student borrows up to $5k each year and earns up to $5k each year, many colleges then cost less than $500 a month. Segment 1: Another four-year college for less than $16,000 (total) a year. Seth Miner, Assoc Admissions Director, Bemidji State joins JB. Segment 2: Rigor and good weather for less than $16,000 (total) a year. Kierston Knaus of Southern Mississippi Admissions joins JB. Segment 3: If you have a 30 or higher on the ACT, apply to this college-- it could be free! Segment 4: A college sophomore shows how to get a life-changing college education at a big university. Parker Nied of Iowa State joins JB. Segment 5: This weeks Tweets. Busting the myth that college has to cost a lot. Helping families and schools create college graduates with minimal debt. Share this link with your families and friends who seek this goal for their student.

Segment 1: Praise effort not intelligence Segment 2: A mother of four describes how her son will graduate debt free. Laura Schofield joins JB. Segment 3: The state with many affordable colleges. Pat Olson-McGee joins JB. Segment 4: The big mistake families make in the college admissions process. Pat Olson-McGee stays with JB. Segment 5: This weeks Tweets. Busting the myth that college has to cost a lot. Helping families and schools create college graduates with minimal debt.

Segment 1: High School Extra-curriculars: Be in it to win it. Segment 2: A four-year college that can easily cost less than $12k a year. Dr. Trey Berry, SAU Provost, joins JB. Segment 3: Four-year colleges can cost less than $17k a year. Dr. Berry, SAU Provost, stays with JB. Segment 4: Pat Olson McGee, JBP college counselor, gives us another affordable four-year college. Busting the myth that college has to cost a lot. Helping families and schools create college graduates with minimal debt.

Why minimal debt can be better than no debt. Which do you support: stronger accountability measures for Community Colleges and/or the President's free Community College plan? Three more solid four year colleges for under $20,000 a year (one is under $15k a year). Pat Olson McGee joins JB. Three more solid four year colleges for under $20,000 a year. And this week's Tweets.