This episode features Mater Dei 17’ alum Alden Hodgdon and his passion for Milwaukee. Listen to why this college sophomore almost left Marquette University, but now is thriving as a Golden Eagle!
This episode features Newport Harbor High School Principal Sean Boulton. Listen to the Sailor’s leader discuss his thoughts on today’s college search and admission process.
This episode features Mater Dei 17’ alum twin brothers Angelo and Nick Ursini. Listen to how the brothers separated and chose their own path. Angelo to Oregon State University and Nick to Auburn University.
This episode features Mater Dei High School 15’ alum and recent Santa Clara University 19’ graduate Michaela Bauccio. Listen to this Bronco share her four year college experience and now is working in the real world.
This episode features Sage Hill High School 19’ alum Josh Cheadle and his early experience as a Quaker. Listen to how Penn wasn’t his #1 choice, however, spurned Harvard and ended up in Philly.
This episode features Servite High School 15’ alum Colin Conroy and his road to Towson University. Listen to how he disliked his first college choice and came back home to attend Irvine Valley College before landing a scholarship to play D1 baseball.
This episode features Newport Harbor High School 18’ alum Kaela Whalen and her passion for Athens, Georgia. Listen to why this college sophomore is loves being a DAWG!
This episode features Mater Dei 15’ alum Jack Meier and his Co-Op experience with Northeastern University. Listen to how this college senior has applied class lab into real work skills and experience.
Episode #20 - Why C-Bus? This episode features former Mater Dei 19’ Jake Bays and Newport Harbor 19’ Blake Ludes. Listen to this energetic duo share their first four months in Columbus at The Ohio State University.
Michael sits down with The Student Manager of the Concordia Basketball team, Nick Ellersick, to talk all things Student Manager. Concordia is a private Christian University in Irvine, Ca.
#18 “BAIL” her out of WACO! This episode features former Mater Dei 16’ Emma Fowler and why her experience at Baylor University in Waco, Texas wasn’t for her and how she found happiness at Chapman University and on schedule to graduate this spring.
This episode features Orange County School Arts counselor Kara McCann. Listen to this high school counselor’s perspective on students and their college search and admission process.
#16 This episode features Mater Dei graduate Leila Marshall. Listen to this former 4.3 GPA and 1370 SAT (31 ACT) AP/Honors share her story on why she decided to attend Irvine Valley College.
#15 This episode features Laura Demko of Laura Demko Tutoring. Listen to how this former high school math teacher helps students earn the scores they need to gain entrance to their desired college/university.
This episode features Geri Frazier of Frazier College Admissions Counseling. Listen to Part II of a II part series on Geri’s experiences and the advice she gives to students and parents.
This episode features Geri Frazier of Frazier College Admissions Counseling. Listen to Part I of a II part series on Geri’s experiences and the advice she gives to students and parents.
This episode features Margaret Llamas who is an outside college and career counselor for a high school district in Los Angeles County. Marge is honest and speaks the truth about what is happening in today’s college research and admission process. You don’t want to miss this episode!
This episode features Mater Dei 17’ alum Joe Brown. Listen to the story on how Joe made the decision to attend the campus of Santa Clara University. He will share his Santa Clara experience and how he made the transition from volleyball to rowing for the Broncos.
This episode features Mater Dei 18’ alum Chris Cornell. Listen to the story on how he discovered a hidden gem in the Central Coast of California. He will share his first year experience on Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and how he is excited to get back and have a stellar sophomore year.
This episode features the Radan twin sisters who recently graduated from Cal-Berkeley. Listen to the story on how the twin athletes got into Vanderbilt University before transferring back to the west coast.
This episode features guest Claire Wadman who recently graduated Newport Harbor High School with a 4.6 GPA and 33 ACT and didn’t get in to her #1 choice! Listen to what she did and advise she gives to parents and students if she had to do it all over again.
This episode features recent Newport Harbor HS graduate discussing the road to South Bend to become a Fighting Irish!
Download and listen to Mater Dei student Tess Meier talk about exploring college options in high school
“Don’t believe the hype...Bama ain’t all dat!” This episode features guest Katie Meier who recently attended University of Alabama for one semester before transferring back home. You will get an in-depth perspective of why a So-Cal girl didn’t fit in the South and how she is on track to finish community college and transfer to a university of the UC system.
This episode features guest Betsy Brown who has an amazing college experience to share. As Betsy says, “Who cares what people think.” Listen to her story from the University of Oregon, back to home and community college, to where she is today at Texas Christian University. She gives a great perspective on being a Duck and Horn Frog!
This episode features guest Marcella McFadden who is the Chief of Communications with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. You will get an in-depth perspective from several of the California Collegiate Athletic Association universities, as well as, non-brand universities in California. Marcella shares interesting insight from a parent who recently has experienced the process with both her boys, Ryan and Jack.
This episode communicates how important preparation is during the college research and admission process. “Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail” is one of my all-time favorite quotes by the former John Wooden, who won 10 National Championships with the UCLA men’s basketball team.
This episode communicates why you should listen to a former D1 college basketball student manager. It’s the 30,000 feet high level version on the college search and admission process
