Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchApplication Update 2025-2026
At the start of the new admissions cycle, Kenan joins Hannah and Mark for the fourth annual application update episode, highlighting changes to Yale’…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bulldog Days Live 2025
For their third annual Bulldog Days Live episode, Hannah and Mark interview three recently admitted students about how they chose to spend their time…
1 year, 6 months ago
What Yale Looks For: Special Mythbusters Edition
In the latest installment in the Mythbusters miniseries, Hannah and Mark discuss examples of reasonable—but ultimately inaccurate—beliefs that some a…
1 year, 8 months ago
College Search 101: What’s Important to You
The second episode in a mini-series about the first step in the admissions process: deciding where to apply. Hannah and Mark emphasize the importance…
1 year, 8 months ago
Mythbusters Live: 2024 Application Deadline Edition
With Yale’s first application deadline approaching, Hannah, Mark, and special guest Alfie hosted a special live virtual event for students planning t…
2 years ago
College Search 101: How to Ask Questions
The opening episode in a mini-series about the first step in the admissions process: deciding where to apply. Samantha — the admissions office’s new …
2 years, 2 months ago
Application Update 2024-2025
At the start of the new admissions cycle, Karen joins Hannah and Mark for the third annual preview of the questions that will appear on Yale’s first-…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bulldog Days Live 2024
Recently admitted students in the Class of 2028 join Hannah and Mark for the second annual Bulldog Days Live episode, recorded during Yale’s three-da…
2 years, 6 months ago
Bonus Episode: Standardized Tests and the Baseball Analogy
To help listeners better understand what test scores can and can’t say about a student’s relative strengths, Mark outlines an analogy he devised that…
2 years, 8 months ago
Standardized Tests: How We Got Here
Part 3 in a 3-part series on Yale’s test-flexible policy. Over four years, Yale’s admissions office went from requiring the ACT or SAT, to being full…
2 years, 8 months ago