It's TWIN XL: The Podcast! Experts Laura De Veau and Beth Grampetro provide an insightful, revealing and sometimes hilarious show for the parents of college students - and those looking ahead to making the leap. Visit www.pod617.com/twinxl for all past episodes and more.
<p><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">In this episode, we watch the Netflix documentary </span><i style="font-size: 0.875rem;">Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal</i><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;"> so you don’t have to! We’ll discuss what happened in this now-infamous case, what this documentary brings to the conversation, and most importantly, what parents can learn from this whole situation (Lesson one: NO BRIBERY!).</span></p><p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81130691" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2019 College Admissions Bribery Scandal on Wikipedia </a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/rich-students-get-better-sat-scores-heres-why.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rich students get better SAT scores- here’s why</a></p><p><a href="mailto:twinxlpod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">E-mail Laura and Beth</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TwinXLPod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TwinXLPod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/TwinXLPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support TwinXL on Patreon</a></p>
27 Apr 2021
Decisions, Decisions
<p><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">In this episode, we’re focusing on a specific group of listeners- the parents of high school seniors who are about to make a choice about where to attend college in the fall. How has the pandemic impacted their students’ college search? Is it harder to get in this year? Did a lot of members of the Class of 2024 defer their acceptance or take a gap year, and does that mean there’s less room in the Class of 2025? We are joined by Emily Roper-Doten, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Olin College of Engineering, to hear about what’s really going on in admissions this year and how parents can be supportive as their students make this big decision.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/parents-10-ways-to-help-your-teen-with-the-college-decision" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ten Ways to Help Your Teen with the College Decision</a></p><p><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/12/why-colleges-are-racing-tell-students-they%25E2%2580%2599ll-be-open-person-fall" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vaccine timing fortunate for admissions</a></p><p><a href="mailto:twinxlpod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">E-mail Laura and Beth</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TwinXLPod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TwinXLPod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/TwinXLPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support TwinXL on Patreon</a></p>
13 Apr 2021
Doing Our Best in an Absolute Hellscape
<p><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">It’s been ten months since our last episode, and we are excited to bring you season 2! To kick things off, we’re looking back on what we knew about colleges and their plans in May 2020, what has happened since, and what we might expect to see in the Fall of 2021. How can parents help their students manage the ongoing stressors of the pandemic and make decisions about what to do this fall?</span><br></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/world/universities-colleges-reopening-covid.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Some colleges and universities are planning for a “more normal” fall semester</a></p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/could-fall-bring-some-return-to-normalcy-these-colleges-say-yes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Could fall bring some return to normalcy? These colleges say yes.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/live-coronavirus-updates/heres-a-list-of-colleges-that-will-require-students-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colleges Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine</a></p><p><a href="mailto:twinxlpod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">E-mail Laura and Beth</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TwinXLPod/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Facebook</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TwinXLPod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Follow TwinXL on Twitter</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/TwinXLPodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support TwinXL on Patreon</a></p>
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