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In the Season Six finale, Trinity College's Matthew Hyde returns to AB to reflect on his own sonâs college search this year. As a veteran admissions dean and a first-time admissions parent, Matt shares advice for his fellow parents on the lessons he has absorbed as his parenting collided with his day job in a very realâand sometimes emotionalâway. Following host Lee Coffinâs conversation with Matt, Dartmouthâs admission officers offer a âdigital carolâ as they reimagine âTwas the Night Before Christmas with an application deadline theme.
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Suburban public high schools in America are home to a significant pool of applicants to most selective colleges. The admissions chatter in those classrooms, counseling offices, hallways, and social media channels can hum at a high frequency as guidance counselors do their best to advise students and parents alike. This week, a quartet of these school counselors from suburban Connecticut join AB host Lee Coffin for a roundtable discussion on admissions life in a suburban town.
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Holidays bring people together, and Thanksgiving in the U.S. comes at a particularly challenging moment for high school seniors as they apply to college. Well-meaning friends and relatives might inquire about the status of a college search, or opine about those options, or render a forecast about someoneâs chances of admissions. Any and all of it can lead to some Thanksgiving indigestion, so this encore episode from 2023 offers tips and advice about navigating those conversations with poise and purpose.
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The language of financial aid brings newâand sometimes confusingâvocabulary for many families. Gail Holt, Amherstâs dean of financial aid, and Dino Koff, director of financial aid at Dartmouth, join AB host Lee Coffin for a lesson in how to interpret and translate this new language. âLetâs demystify the financial process,â Koff offers.
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Ever wondered how the elements of a college application came to be the elements of the college application? Today, essays, testing, recommendations, and interviews are fundamental ingredients of most selective admissions processes, but they were not always part of a college application as it evolved over the last 125 years. Dartmouthâs admissions dean Lee Coffin and Maria Morales-Kent, a former admission officer at the University of Pennsylvania and the longtime director of college counseling at Thacher School in California, draw lessons and insights from the courses they have both taught on the twists and turns of college admissions history.
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âIâve never of it isâŠâ is a frequent reaction from students and parents as college options are introduced, but there is real opportunity when a student is open to options that aren't fully âknown.â AB host Lee Coffin welcomes Clark Universityâs Emily Roper-Doten, Ben Baum from Saint Johnâs College in Annapolis and Sante Fe, and college counselor Kate Boyle Ramsdell from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Mass., for a conversation about fit versus familiarity, honoring potential, and the intentional introductions that arrive in your inbox or mailbox. Coffin advises, âInstead of saying âIâve never heard of it,â ask âwhy haven't I heard of it?! Letâs learn about it.â Sometimes discovery leads you someplace unexpected, and thatâs where youâre supposed to be.â
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For students around the world, going to college in America has been a goal of many for decades. AB host LeeCoffin and his guest Robin Applebyâwho led schools in London, The Hague and Dubaiâponder the opportunities of American higher education for an international audience of prospective applicants.Appleby encourages students to explore the âwhy?â of applying to schools abroad and to ask questions like âwhat kind of learner am I?â Theydiscuss the advantages of studying a wide range of subjects versus the norm of a more structured concentration in a local university as well as the cultural and personal lessons such an American adventure offers.
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AB host Lee Coffin probes the lessons learned by students and a parent from last yearâs admissions process. He is joined by four first-year college students who reflect on their own admissions processesâand the lessons learned. Ashley Kim of Chandler, Arizona, Isabel Carleton of Columbus, Ohio, Romello McRae of Los Angeles, California, and Witold Ambroziak of Warsaw, Poland ponder misconceptions about acceptance rates as barriers, the perils of overthinking and over-applying, and they advise current seniors to view writing college essays as an evolving conversation with themselves. Then, âadmissions momâ Ronnie Burnett from Season 5 returns to the pod to share her experience as a parent after her son saw the results of his application, made his enrollment decision, and embarked on his successful launch as a college student this fall. From its reminder for students to âpreserve the opportunity to playâ during senior year to its contention that âa rejection is just redirection,â these admissions veterans share valuable insights for the current crop of applicants and parents.
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In Part 2 of ABâs âadvising all-starsâ roundtable discussion from the annual meeting of the National Association for College Admission Counseling in Los Angeles, host Lee Coffin and recurring co-host Jacques Steinberg ponder the role (if any) of a studentâs social media presence in the college admissions process. They also lead a lively discussion about âbeing in the essay spaceâ as applications take shape. One guest advises âWhatâs your deal?â as the organizing concept of every application. Finally, the group considers the notion of honoring the ambitions of high achievers with a dose of admissions pragmatism.
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What happens when 20 admissions folks gather in a meeting room at their annual conference in Los Angeles? They have lots to say! AB host Lee Coffin and his recurring co-host Jacques Steinberg convene an all-star cast of previous AB guests (and a few new voices) for a wide-ranging, two-part conversation about all things admissions. This week, they ponder the steadiness of admissions fundamentals amidst the seemingly âchaoticâ landscape, and they zero in on financial aid and affordability as critical elements of a college search.
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As high school seniors take a deep breath, open a blank document, and begin to craft their college essays, Admission Beat host Lee Coffin empowers them to ask this question: âWho do I want the admission officer to meet?â Coffin and his guests offer words of advice on contemplating audience, the art of brevity, and framing âlived experiencesâ as addressed in the U.S. Supreme Courtâs 2023 decision on race and identity as factors in admissions. Parents and peers can be helpful editors, but at the heart of every memorable essay is the writerâs authentic voice telling the story only they can tell. With guests Kathryn Bezella, Dartmouthâs new dean of undergraduate admissions, and Jacques Steinberg, former New York Times journalist and co-author of âThe College Conversation,â the trio set the stage for each student to introduce themselves through all parts of the application.
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With October on the near horizon, Admissions Beat host Lee Coffin encourages seniors to get in gear and begin thinking about the nuts and bolts of their applications. His guests, Jennifer Simons, Director of Bright Horizons College Coach, and Darryl Tiggle, Director of College Counseling at the Friends School of Baltimore, offer guidance on tackling âthe deliverablesâ of the admissions processâessay drafts, teacher recommendations, testingâwith a strategy. Coffin and his guests also discuss the many âon ramps and off rampsâ of the search as it progresses, from refining the list of schools to deciphering college rankings to prioritizing college visits to assessing a plan for an early application. As seniors rev their engines and hit the road on the college application process, they can count on the Admissions Beat crew to be there to offer roadside assistance for the length of that journey.
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Kicking off Season Six of the Admissions Beat, host Lee Coffin of Dartmouth welcomes listeners back to school as another admissions cycle commences. Raising the curtain on the admissions process for high school juniors and seniors, as well as their parents and counselors, Coffin and his guests offer a sampler of ânews you can use,â with tips on everything from managing the stress of the search and application process to sizing up an institutionâs âfitâ and âvibe,â to understanding the impact of last yearâs Supreme Court decision on race as a factor in admissions. This weekâs guests are Charlotte Albright, former public radio host and reporter, and Jacques Steinberg, former New York Times journalist and co-author of âThe College Conversation.â Whether you are a first-time listener or an AB veteran, Coffin and his guests have much to offer as they look ahead toward the upcoming podcast season.
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As the school year ends, Admissions Beat host Lee Coffin holds his final âoffice hoursâ with listeners for this podcast season. For graduating seniors, he advises them to âfinish strongâ and check their inboxes as pre-matriculation communications arrive from their chosen college. For parents preparing to say goodbye as seniors head to college in the fall, he offers practical and philosophical advice on letting goâand in taking comfort in the logistics of the transition to college. And for rising seniors, summertime is the season to sketch out the stories they want to tell in their applications and to keep exploring. Jacques Steinberg, former New York Times journalist and co-author of The College Conversation, joins Dean Coffin for the season finale.
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What if math was a fundamental skill you could develop, rather than something you were simply good or bad at? Engineering programs are designed to blend theory with practiceâanalysis with practical problem solving. But engineering also spans organically across disciplines into the humanities and social sciences. This week on AB, host Lee Coffin dives into the undergraduate realm of engineering programs with Stu Schmill, Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Services at MIT. They discuss how to begin preparing for those experiences in high school and where a studentâs untapped engineering potential might take them.
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What advice do this yearâs high school seniors and their parents have for those who will follow in future college application cycles? AB host Lee Coffin and Jacques Steinberg, co-author of âThe College Conversation,â recently put that question to an audience gathered on the Dartmouth campus for admitted studentsâ programming. We also asked them what they learned, what they wished they had done differently, what boundaries they established for their respective roles as applicant and advisor, and how they managed the stress of it all. Tune in this week to hear what they told us, in their own words.
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The conversations, debates and diverse voices that animate a college campus are essential elements of an undergraduate experience. As seniors visit campuses for accepted student open houses and as juniors follow tour guides for introductory visits, AB host Lee Coffin shares an essay he wrote on the importance of assessing campus dialogue as part of those visits.
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ââHow will this look for collegesâŠ?â is the most common question I get from juniors as they select senior year courses,â reports longtime college counselor Eric Monheim. For sure, the quality of an applicantâs senior year programâand the grades achieved in that course of studyâis a foundational element of the academic assessment of every application to a selective college. This week, AB host Lee Coffin answers the question: âDoes 12th grade count?â as high school juniors select their senior year curriculum. Guests Elena Hicks, SMUâs assistant vice provost and dean of admissions, and Monheim, the director of college counseling at St. Markâs School in Massachusetts, give a resounding âYes!â to that simple question. Senior year counts, so pick your courses wisely.
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For centuries, the liberal arts have been foundational to the mission of higher education. But trying to explain the concept of this course of study â and the multifaceted roadmap a liberal arts degree provides for oneâs life and work in the 2020s and beyondâcan be challenging. And so AB host Lee Coffin called in a specialist: Cecilia Gaposchkin, a Dartmouth history professor whose courses range from the fall of Rome to the Crusades to the medieval kings of France. She was also the Collegeâs longtime dean for pre-major advising. But the subject matter of the liberal artsâchemistry or history, philosophy or Frenchâis often less important than the skills a student learns: how to think critically, pose tough questions, write clearly and persuasively, and be a productive citizen. âA liberal arts degree is a degree in thinking,â Professor Gaposchkin advises high school seniors and juniors as they consider their options.
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Admissions Beat host Lee Coffin considers April the â13th monthâ of the college admissions calendar. For many high school seniors, April brings a sense of closure, as they move from receiving their admissions decisions to weighing (and deciding) where to enroll. For many high school juniors, April represents a beginning â the official start of their college search. This week, Dean Coffin presents a grab bag of tips and other advice for both audiences, as well as parents and counselors. Heâs joined by AB producer Charlotte Albright and Jacques Steinberg, co-author of âThe College Conversation,â an admissions guidebook for parents.
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