College Admissions Insider

About College Admissions Insider

A whole lot happens between choosing a list of top schools and getting that thick acceptance envelope in the mail. But you don't have to take that journey alone. On each episode of College Admissions Insider, we talk to real college admissions counselors to bring you expert advice for your college search. Learn how to find the right college fit, build a list of finalists, and create an application that gets noticed. This podcast is an initiative of Bucknell University but is designed for students applying to any school.

Publisher

Bucknell University

Category

education · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Oct 2020

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 112 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 102: Building the Freshman Class

   Host Jane Doe interviews Bucknell University's admissions team about crafting a diverse and well-rounded freshman class from unique applicants.

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   20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 101: Learning Differences

   Host Dr. Emily Carter interviews Jessie Jones, accessibility coordinator at Bucknell University, about navigating college with learning differences and available student support.

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   16 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 100: The Future of Higher Education

   Since 2020, we've pulled back the curtain on all things admissions, sharing expert advice for your college journey. Today, we're celebrating our 100th episode of College Admissions Insider by tackling our biggest topic yet: the state and future of higher education. What better guest to invite than someone who's dedicated their career to championing lifelong learning? That person is John Bravman, who currently serves as the 17th president of Bucknell University. Read a transcript for this epis...

Inside a recent episode

Episode 102: Building the Freshman Class

Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So do you go into it with an idea of how many students there should be in each major or discipline? So I don't have targets by individual major or discipline. What I would say is as a three-college university, we do get goals by each individual college. So at a higher level, we do, Brooke. It's how many students do we want in the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Freeman College of Management. So at that high level, we do have a sense of how many students do want to enroll based on capacity. And we talk about capacity, we're thinking about classroom space and faculty bandwidth, because as an institution that values close relationships with faculty and students and staff and students, we really try hard not to overburden, right? […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

36 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

97

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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