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Admissions Beat — 130 episodes

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Title
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AP or Honors, Which Looks Better for Colleges?

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Navigating April

3

State You

4

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

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March Madness Part 1: Reading Season

6

Follow Me!

7

Crunching Numbers

8

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

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Everything Counts!

10

Discovery Starts With Program

11

Junior Kickoff!

12

A Primer on Financial Aid

13

After Early

14

Channel Your Main Character Energy

15

Strategies for the Road Ahead

16

College Is Opportunity

17

An Admissions Newsfeeding Frenzy

18

Admissions Quiz Bowl

19

Can I Afford It?!

20

Lessons from the Search: Parent POV

21

Data Dive into the Transcript and Testing

22

Let Your Life Speak in 650 Words or Fewer

23

Shaping Community, Finding Your Fit

24

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

25

Headline Headaches? Don't Let Them Derail Your Search

26

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

27

Reflections from a Rookie Dean

28

Now What?

29

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

30

The Mindy Project: Admissions Edition

31

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

32

Lessons from the Stage

33

How Not to Get into the College of Your Choice

34

Children Will Listen

35

Good News/Bad News

36

Inside the Admissions Committee: The "Gatekeepers" in Action

37

Reading an Application: The Work of the Work

38

What Counts?

39

Junior Kickoff: It's Time to Discover!

40

Getting Started: Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan

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Admissions Dean as Admissions Dad

42

Life in a Suburban Town

43

“Please Pass the Potatoes…” and Other Thanksgiving Advice

44

The Language of Financial Aid

45

History Lesson

46

“I’ve Never Heard of It…”

47

Globe Trotting: College Options Outside Your Country

48

Frosh Perspectives

49

“What’s Your Deal?”

50

All-Star College Advising Team, Part I

51

The Essay: The Fine Art of Telling Your Story

52

Start Your Engines: Accelerating from Discovery to Application

53

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

54

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

55

“I’m good at math…”

56

Admissions Beat Live: Parents and Seniors Take the Mic

57

Dialogue

58

Choosing Your Senior Year Courses and Why That Matters

59

A Degree In Thinking

60

Navigating April: Thoughts for Seniors and Juniors

61

Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

62

Learning to Read

63

Inside the Admissions Selection Committee

64

Is College Worth It?

65

Admissions Moms Who Know Too Much?

66

Keep Calm and Carry On: Navigating the FAFSA Rollout

67

Take an 'Existential Selfie'

68

Searching

69

High School Juniors: Your College Search Begins

70

Season 4 Finale: ‘Twas Two Weeks Til the Deadline

71

Take an ‘Existential Selfie,’ Through a Rural Lens

72

Interview Tips: Let Your Life Speak

73

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

74

Navigating Thanksgiving Queries from Curious Relatives

75

Fifty Podversations! An Admissions Beat Anniversary Highlight Reel

76

College Affordability? Ignore the Sticker Price!

77

Data Dive, Part 2: Standardized Testing

78

Data Dive, Part 1: The High School Transcript

79

Acceptance: A Conversation with Author Emi Nietfeld

80

Let Your Life Speak Through Your College Essay

81

Inside the Admissions Process: A Senior Speaks

82

An Admissions Checklist for Jittery Seniors, Part 2

83

Admissions Checklist for Jittery Seniors, Part 1

84

A Guide to Navigating the Admissions News Beat

85

Season 4 Teaser!

86

Bonus Episode: The Supreme Court, Race, and Admissions

87

Season 3 Finale: Live With Parents!

88

For Seniors: It’s The Home Stretch

89

Academic Lessons from the First Year of College

90

Major Minor

91

The Intersection of Athletics and Admissions

92

Seniors: The Next Decisions are Yours

93

Inside the Admissions Selection Committee

94

Take an ‘Existential Selfie’: International Edition

95

How Will We Pay For It?

96

Easing the Stress of the Search

97

Your Campus Visit Roadmap

98

Imagining Your College List

99

Filtering Your Admissions Newsfeed

100

Take an ‘Existential Selfie’

101

Overture: Your College Search Begins

102

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

103

Final Tips for Seniors, Part 1

104

Decoding Transcripts

105

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

106

‘One Factor Among Many’

107

Dollars and Sense: A Financial Aid Primer

108

Finding Your Place

109

The Pull of Prestige

110

Telling Your Story

111

A Road Map through the Testing Landscape

112

A High School Senior Interviews the Dean

113

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

114

Decisions Are Out!

115

Marching Forward

116

Let's Hear It for the Humanities

117

Junior Kickoff Part 2

118

Junior Kickoff Part 1

119

Playbook for Athletic Recruitment

120

Family Reunion

121

Expanding Global Access

122

The College Conversation With Jacques Steinberg

123

'Twas Two Weeks Till the Deadline

124

Today in College Counseling Land

125

Decoding Transcripts and School Profiles

126

Expanding Access

127

The Common App

128

So Many Questions

129

Once a Dean

130

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