About Admissions Uncovered - College Admissions and Applications Explained
A Columbia University undergrad and his old teacher talk about college admissions: how students can craft the best college application, how teachers and administrators can help them, and how colleges can improve the system.
Instead of our usually scheduled episode, I'm playing a special episode from our spin-off podcast, Behind the Application. It follows ten high school seniors through their admissions processes, so we can hear straight from the people actually applying what the process is like. Check it out here (https://anchor.fm/behindtheapp (https://anchor.fm/behindtheapp)).
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1 Jul 2020
College List Strategy
The first step in the college admissions process is picking which colleges to apply to! In this episode, we talk about what a good, diversified list looks like. We define key terms: safety schools, target schools, and reach schools. We discuss how many schools to apply to and how to know if a school is right fit for you. There is a lot to think about. Do you want to go to a faith-based school? Do you want to go to a big school or a small school? There are so many factors to consider.
Check out the show notes (admissionsuncovered.com) for helpful links to college search tools and other resources.
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Join the discussion on Reddit and read about what Michael considers the top 3 mistakes people make when constructing a list (https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/hkc4rj/summer_soft_deadline_college_list/)
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18 Jun 2020
Why Do We Care About College Admissions
Gonzalez has a busy day job as an administrator and Michael never has to apply to college again. Why are they still so interested in the process? So much so that they do this podcast and are holding a college application boot camp (https://championshipadmissions.com/). In this episode, Michael and Gonzalez the important stories in their lives that keep them so invested in the admissions process. For Gonzalez, his story begins with his own admissions process, where lack of information about financial aid kept him from going to Harvard University. For Michael, college admissions is an important time to break out of a cycle of "gold star chasing" he sees in so many of his classmates at Columbia.
Get Angela Duckworth's book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501111116/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=admissionsunc-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1501111116&linkId=3d7d51bfd29a7e657593c681b3b3e733), it has a great discussion of how colleges look at high school extracurriculars
Check out the show notes (https://admissionsuncovered.com/3490) for links to more helpful information.
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