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Admissions Beat — 135 episodes

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The Initial Friendship Market

2

The Transition from Home to College

3

The Things I Wish I'd Known...

4

Guiding the Voyage of Discovery: The College Finder

5

Once a High School Principal, Now an Admissions Officer

6

AP or Honors, Which Looks Better for Colleges?

7

Navigating April

8

State You

9

March Madness Part 2: "How Do You Decide?"

10

March Madness Part 1: Reading Season

11

Follow Me!

12

Crunching Numbers

13

"Let's Just See What Happens..."

14

Everything Counts!

15

Discovery Starts With Program

16

Junior Kickoff!

17

A Primer on Financial Aid

18

After Early

19

Channel Your Main Character Energy

20

Strategies for the Road Ahead

21

College Is Opportunity

22

An Admissions Newsfeeding Frenzy

23

Admissions Quiz Bowl

24

Can I Afford It?!

25

Lessons from the Search: Parent POV

26

Data Dive into the Transcript and Testing

27

Let Your Life Speak in 650 Words or Fewer

28

Shaping Community, Finding Your Fit

29

The Enduring Value of 'Uni' in the U.S.

30

Headline Headaches? Don't Let Them Derail Your Search

31

Seniors, It’s Time to Pivot from Discovery to Applying!

32

Reflections from a Rookie Dean

33

Now What?

34

The Story of Luis: How One International Applicant Found His Own Route to College

35

The Mindy Project: Admissions Edition

36

"Trust Yourself": Advice from Applicants and Parents Who've Been Where You are Going

37

Lessons from the Stage

38

How Not to Get into the College of Your Choice

39

Children Will Listen

40

Good News/Bad News

41

Inside the Admissions Committee: The "Gatekeepers" in Action

42

Reading an Application: The Work of the Work

43

What Counts?

44

Junior Kickoff: It's Time to Discover!

45

Getting Started: Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan

46

Admissions Dean as Admissions Dad

47

Life in a Suburban Town

48

“Please Pass the Potatoes…” and Other Thanksgiving Advice

49

The Language of Financial Aid

50

History Lesson

51

“I’ve Never Heard of It…”

52

Globe Trotting: College Options Outside Your Country

53

Frosh Perspectives

54

“What’s Your Deal?”

55

All-Star College Advising Team, Part I

56

The Essay: The Fine Art of Telling Your Story

57

Start Your Engines: Accelerating from Discovery to Application

58

Keep Calm and Carry On: A Prologue to the New Admissions Season

59

Finishing Strong: Year-End Thoughts and Summer Homework for Rising (and Graduating) Seniors

60

“I’m good at math…”

61

Admissions Beat Live: Parents and Seniors Take the Mic

62

Dialogue

63

Choosing Your Senior Year Courses and Why That Matters

64

A Degree In Thinking

65

Navigating April: Thoughts for Seniors and Juniors

66

Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

67

Learning to Read

68

Inside the Admissions Selection Committee

69

Is College Worth It?

70

Admissions Moms Who Know Too Much?

71

Keep Calm and Carry On: Navigating the FAFSA Rollout

72

Take an 'Existential Selfie'

73

Searching

74

High School Juniors: Your College Search Begins

75

Season 4 Finale: ‘Twas Two Weeks Til the Deadline

76

Take an ‘Existential Selfie,’ Through a Rural Lens

77

Interview Tips: Let Your Life Speak

78

One-on-One with the Nation’s ‘Chief Admissions Counselor’

79

Navigating Thanksgiving Queries from Curious Relatives

80

Fifty Podversations! An Admissions Beat Anniversary Highlight Reel

81

College Affordability? Ignore the Sticker Price!

82

Data Dive, Part 2: Standardized Testing

83

Data Dive, Part 1: The High School Transcript

84

Acceptance: A Conversation with Author Emi Nietfeld

85

Let Your Life Speak Through Your College Essay

86

Inside the Admissions Process: A Senior Speaks

87

An Admissions Checklist for Jittery Seniors, Part 2

88

Admissions Checklist for Jittery Seniors, Part 1

89

A Guide to Navigating the Admissions News Beat

90

Season 4 Teaser!

91

Bonus Episode: The Supreme Court, Race, and Admissions

92

Season 3 Finale: Live With Parents!

93

For Seniors: It’s The Home Stretch

94

Academic Lessons from the First Year of College

95

Major Minor

96

The Intersection of Athletics and Admissions

97

Seniors: The Next Decisions are Yours

98

Inside the Admissions Selection Committee

99

Take an ‘Existential Selfie’: International Edition

100

How Will We Pay For It?

101

Easing the Stress of the Search

102

Your Campus Visit Roadmap

103

Imagining Your College List

104

Filtering Your Admissions Newsfeed

105

Take an ‘Existential Selfie’

106

Overture: Your College Search Begins

107

Final Tips for Seniors, Part 2: Making Sense of Early Decisions

108

Final Tips for Seniors, Part 1

109

Decoding Transcripts

110

What We Wish We Knew: Advice for Today’s College Applicants from Three College Students

111

‘One Factor Among Many’

112

Dollars and Sense: A Financial Aid Primer

113

Finding Your Place

114

The Pull of Prestige

115

Telling Your Story

116

A Road Map through the Testing Landscape

117

A High School Senior Interviews the Dean

118

Welcome to Senior Fall: It’s College Application Season!

119

Decisions Are Out!

120

Marching Forward

121

Let's Hear It for the Humanities

122

Junior Kickoff Part 2

123

Junior Kickoff Part 1

124

Playbook for Athletic Recruitment

125

Family Reunion

126

Expanding Global Access

127

The College Conversation With Jacques Steinberg

128

'Twas Two Weeks Till the Deadline

129

Today in College Counseling Land

130

Decoding Transcripts and School Profiles

131

Expanding Access

132

The Common App

133

So Many Questions

134

Once a Dean

135

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