Break into College
Break into College is your place for warm, friendly, and expert advice, where we cover everything from college prep, college admissions, and college success so you can achieve your goals. Break into College is hosted by Sydney Montgomery, the Founder and Executive Director of Barrier Breakers, an educational nonprofit that specializes in providing high-touch admissions advising to students of all backgrounds as well as free support for first-generation and low-income college applicants. Your host for this podcast is LoVetta Jenkins, Barrier Breakers’ Outreach and Wellness Coordinator, who helps ensure students succeed from freshman to senior year of college. As a reminder, you can always submit questions for us to answer for free at bit.ly/breakintocollege and you can learn more about our work at college.barrier-breakers.org.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 8
- Years Active
- 2025
8. Debt-Free College? Here’s How.
In this engaging episode of Break Into College, host LoVetta Jenkins sits down with Morgan Hudson Mecham and Kahlil Baker from Berea College to explore what makes this tuition-free institution truly …
7. How to Find Hidden Scholarships with Rhonda Copeland Lyle
In this empowering follow-up episode, Rhonda Copeland Lyle returns to Break Into College to dive deeper into financial aid strategy and unconventional paths to fully funded college education. She exp…
6. Scholarships Are Everywhere with Rhonda Copeland Lyle
In this empowering Break Into College "Mom Edition" episode, host LoVetta Jenkins speaks with Rhonda Copeland Lyle, author of Warrior Mom: How I Fought to Get a Great Education and Scholarships for M…
5. Engineer to Oncologist: A First-Gen Student’s Unexpected Path with Dr. Darrion Mitchell
In this episode of Break Into College, host LoVetta Jenkins interviews Dr. Darrion Mitchell, a first-generation college graduate and oncologist, whose journey from the South Side of Chicago to the ha…
4. What Makes a Strong College Application: Advice from Beloit College Admissions
In this episode of Break Into College, host LoVetta Jenkins speaks with Martha Stolze, Director of Admissions at Beloit College, about what makes Beloit unique and how students can strengthen their c…
3.Inside College Admissions with Cierra Davis
In this episode, Break Into College host LoVetta Jenkins speaks with Cierra Davis, Assistant Director of Admissions at High Point University, about what sets High Point apart and how students can sta…
2.How Important are Summer Programs
In this episode, hosted by Sydney Montgomery, the conversation focuses on the real value of summer programs in the college admissions process. Sydney explains that the prestige or name of a summer pr…
1. Your Roadmap to College: Expert Insights & Strategies
Sydney Montgomery and LoVetta Jenkins introduce Break Into College, a podcast dedicated to helping students and families navigate the college admissions process with expert insights and accessible gu…