Tom Talks College
by Tom Kleese (Owner of OnCampus College Planning)
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Episode 27 - Liberal arts colleges make sense
May 26, 2026
15m 56s
Episode 26 - ACT Mythbusters: What’s Actually True in 2026
Jan 15, 2026
20m 02s
Episode 25 - The Power of Planning Essays and Applications Together
Dec 8, 2025
17m 28s
Episode 24 - How do I find the right colleges, and where do we start?
Apr 24, 2025
13m 19s
Episode 23 - How do college applications work?
Mar 20, 2025
6m 17s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/26/26 | Episode 27 - Liberal arts colleges make sense✨ | liberal arts collegesundergraduate teaching+3 | — | liberal arts college | — | liberal artscollege planning+3 | — | 15m 56s | |
| 1/15/26 | Episode 26 - ACT Mythbusters: What’s Actually True in 2026✨ | ACTmyths+3 | — | — | — | ACTmyths+5 | — | 20m 02s | |
| 12/8/25 | Episode 25 - The Power of Planning Essays and Applications Together✨ | college admissionsessay planning+3 | — | OnCampus | — | college admissionsessays+3 | — | 17m 28s | |
| 4/24/25 | Episode 24 - How do I find the right colleges, and where do we start?✨ | college searchuniversity selection+3 | — | OnCampus College PlanningOnCampus+1 | — | college searchuniversity+3 | — | 13m 19s | |
| 3/20/25 | Episode 23 - How do college applications work?✨ | college applicationswork window+3 | — | — | — | college applicationswork window+3 | — | 6m 17s | |
| 3/26/24 | Episode 22 - 8 Takeaways from 11 Campus Visits✨ | campus visitscollege exploration+3 | — | — | Pacific Northwest | campus visitscollege exploration+5 | — | 33m 40s | |
| 3/14/24 | Episode 21 - Pacific Northwest Expedition (or How I Traded My Credit Card Miles for Campus Visits)✨ | college visitstravel+3 | — | — | WashingtonOregon | college planningcampus visits+3 | — | 15m 38s | |
| 8/29/23 | Episode 20 - Why Essays Matter✨ | college essaysessay writing+3 | — | — | — | essayscollege+5 | — | 27m 20s | |
| 6/30/23 | Episode 19 - Three Reasons NOT to Freak Out in the College Admissions Process✨ | college admissionsstress management+3 | — | — | — | college admissionsstress+3 | — | 36m 52s | |
| 5/8/23 | Episode 18 - Estimating College Costs with Net Price Calculators✨ | college costsnet price calculators+3 | — | Vanderbilt | — | college costsnet price calculator+3 | — | 36m 53s | |
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| 4/24/23 | Episode 17 - Merit Aid: Your Teen's Best Part-Time Job | Merit aid is the best tool you have to reduce the cost of college, and it expands options you didn't know existed. It's also one of the least understood pieces of the college admissions process, so here's a quick introduction into what it is, where to find it, and how to lower costs by turning in your homework. This is part 2 of a 3-part series on College + Money and just like episode 16 "College Costs Simplified", you'll find a condensed version with all links and graphics on our blog.... | 28m 25s | ||||||
| 4/3/23 | Episode 16 - College Costs Simplified: The 15/35/45 Rule | The cost of college can be not only overwhelming, but confusing if you're looking at incomplete data or misunderstanding key components. In this episode you'll learn how to simplify costs and use a valuable 15/35/45 tool for better comparisons. Here's a condensed version in blog form with easy to follow numbers and clear graphics. Links to the three universities referenced in the second half of this episode are included for your convenience. AlabamaMichiganGonzaga | 31m 19s | ||||||
| 2/15/23 | Episode 15 - Creating a Timeline for Sophomores | Hey, sophomores! You're now halfway between the day you began high school and the time when you'll apply to college. (Really?) Let's do some math. You'll apply after junior year - that's six semesters - and you're now done with three. (Whoa.) To hear what matters most to colleges and learn three things you can do now to prepare. | 32m 02s | ||||||
| 2/1/23 | Episode 14 - Both sides of "no" in college admissions | Sometimes a "no" from a college means more than you might think, and it's not just about looking for other options -- although scanning the horizon a bit more is always good practice. Students also get to say "no", but the best time to do so is NOT right now. If you or your student just heard "no", or if you live in fear of that happening one day, give this a listen. | 20m 29s | ||||||
| 11/15/22 | Episode 13 - My Most Rewarding Moments: +8 ACT, Chem Nerd, Cultural Connections, and One Fun Family | Here are four quick stories about three students and one family all doing amazing things. | 17m 31s | ||||||
| 11/1/22 | Episode 12 - The Low Risk, High Fun, One Hour College Kickstarter Plan | Kickstart the college conversation in one hour with an easy to follow, proven plan that's low risk, high fun, and includes a meal on a college campus. Everybody wins! For you note-takers out there, here are the four required components: Share a part of your story.Ease into some low risk questions. Take a walk and talk about what you see. Share a meal on campus. And stick around until the end for a chance to win some college gear. | 21m 20s | ||||||
| 10/12/22 | Episode 11 - Test Drive Majors with Four-Year Curriculum Plans | Four-year curriculum plans are a simple but powerful tool found on every college website. They're a road map of required and elective courses, and can be used not just to explore majors but make apples-to-apples comparison between colleges. Learn how to find this valuable resource and then put it to good use. Email me at tom@oncampuscollegeplanning.com for notes with easy to follow examples and tips. | 16m 54s | ||||||
| 4/2/22 | Episode 10 - Campus Visits, Cilantro and Rodney Dangerfield: How my 3 big takeaways from 31 colleges in 11 days can help your family find the right colleges | Just back from 31 campus visits in 9 states over 11 days and covering 3300 miles, here are 3 big takeaways to help your family when it's time to visit campuses (HINT: Visit early and visit often!), and to find the right colleges. | 30m 17s | ||||||
| 3/5/22 | Episode 9 - 33 colleges + 9 states + 11 days = The Great College Road Trip | I'm heading out to visit 33 colleges in 9 states in 11 days. Here's why I'm doing this and how it will help your family. Here's the list...Oberlin, Case Western, RIT, Rochester, Syracuse, Cornell, Hartwick, SUNY Oneonta, RPI, Middlebury, Vermont, Dartmouth, BC, BU, Berklee College of Music, Northeastern, Wentworth, Worcester Polytechnic, Trinity, Wesleyan, Fordham, Rutgers, Naval Academy, Johns Hopkins, Goucher, Swarthmore, Villanova, Lehigh, Lafayette, Penn State, Duquesne, Pitt and Carnegie... | 19m 44s | ||||||
| 12/14/21 | Episode 8 - Why the ACT still matters | Here are four good reasons you may choose to invest time, effort and resources into raising your ACT score, and why "the ACT doesn't count anymore" myth is false. | 25m 37s | ||||||
| 11/11/21 | Episode 7 - How, why and when to talk with teens about the costs of college | Learn how to have an empowering conversation with your teen about the costs of college using "models of shared responsibility" that are easy to understand and help families move forward in their search for better University of You options. | 36m 54s | ||||||
| 10/29/21 | Episode 6 - FAFSA in 5 | Here's a brief overview of the FAFSA with some helpful tips and a few words of encouragement for hesitant first-timers from a college planner who is also a parent (and also doesn't like to fill out the FAFSA...but he does). Download our FAFSA in a Nutshell PDF for quick reference when you begin the process. | 20m 43s | ||||||
| 9/30/21 | Episode 5 - October Game Plan for Seniors = One Hour Next Week + Five Minutes Every Other Day | With one month remaining before most Early Application deadlines, Tom helps seniors take small steps in the college application process while also carving out critical time to pause, adjust and be courageous as they build their University of You college list. | 30m 27s | ||||||
| 9/30/21 | Episode 3 - The Importance of a Great Safety School in Your College List | What exactly is a 'safety school' and why is it so important for your college list? How should I categorize my list of college options? We're tackling these questions and more in this week's episode of the OnCampus Podcast as we explore the best ways to build a solid college list. | 22m 48s | ||||||
| 5/27/21 | Episode 2 - How to Make the College Search Process Actually Fun | Our first 'real' episode of the OnCampus College Planning Podcast is out now! In this episode, Tom takes a deep dive into how to turn the college search process, which many people dread, fear and avoid, into a fun (yes, FUN) student-parent journey. | 36m 49s | ||||||
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