Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
Planning for college? Tune into Getting In: A College Coach Conversation to learn what colleges are really looking for and how to highlight your hard-won achievements for the best chance at success. Every week, we gather former admissions and financial aid officers as well as other expert guests for candid, behind-the-scenes talk. New episodes drop every Thursday.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 541
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Office Hours: Answering Listeners' Admissions and College Finance Questions: High School Plan: Pre-Vet Students
Have an aspiring veterinarian in your household? In another segment in our High School Plan series, we’ll review the best courses and extracurricular activities for potential pre-vet students. We’re …
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Thu 19 Jan 2017
Steps to Take Now if You Want to Get Your MBA: Applying to Medical School, Financial Aid for Mid-Year Transfers
Lots of students head to college with a goal of earning a million dollars—or finding a cure for cancer—before age 30. If you anticipate applying to business or medical school, you’ll want to tune in …
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Thu 12 Jan 2017
Can an Average Student Get Into a Top-Tier School? Options if You Can't Pay the Spring College Bill- Office Hours: Avoiding the Rumor Mill: Our 100th Show!
We answer a lot of listener questions on the show, and one that we get asked fairly frequently is “Can an average student get into a top-tier school?” Tune in to find out. We’re also looking at optio…
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Thu 05 Jan 2017
School's In Application Workshop: My Applications are Submitted-Now What? Listener Questions
It can be tempting to take an extended break once you finally submit your last application. Guess what? Not a great idea! We’ll offer some advice about what not to do now that apps are in, and how to…
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Thu 29 Dec 2016
School's In Application Workshop - What to Do About Those Early Decision and Early Action Decisions; Trends in College Pricing
Most colleges have released their decisions for the early round, whether that is Early Decision or Early Action. We’ll be discussing how to handle all possible outcomes in terms of what to do if you …
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Thu 22 Dec 2016
School's In! Application Workshop: Countdown to January 1 and Listener Questions on College Finance and Admissions
The last big deadline is approaching and we’ll be offering tips and suggestions for making sure applications are ready to go. We’ll also take another shot at answering your college finance and admiss…
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Thu 15 Dec 2016
School's In! Application Workshop: Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth Supplements: To Transfer or Not to Transfer
To transfer or not to transfer—that is the question! Meet Brooke, who came home from college after a few months determined to transfer. She’s going to share why, what her research uncovered, and whet…
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Thu 08 Dec 2016
School's In Application Workshop: Supplements for Penn, Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Cornell: Keeping Track of Your Student Loans
If you’ve taken out a new student loan every year or even every semester, keeping track of them can be a herculean task. Tune in for tips on how to best do this. In this week’s School’s In Applicatio…
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Thu 01 Dec 2016
School's In! Application Workshop: Countdown to January 1 and Listener Questions on College Finance and Admissions
With Thanksgiving only a week away, New Year’s Day is fast approaching. The holidays may mean gifts and family gatherings, but here at College Coach ‘tis the season for regular decision application d…
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Thu 17 Nov 2016
The Pros and Cons of Not Applying for Financial Aid When Applying to College, School's In! Application Workshop: New University of California Essay Prompts
One of our most frequent questions revolves around whether or not to apply for financial aid when applying for acceptance. There are many factors to consider here, and we’ll try to cover as many as p…
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Thu 10 Nov 2016
School's In Application Workshop: What to Do After the Nov. 1 ED and EA Deadlines; Religion in Essays and Essays for Religious Colleges, The Benefits of a Part-Time Job
It’s November 3, and that can only mean one thing: all of the ED and EA applications with November 1 deadlines have been submitted. In this week’s show, we’re going to discuss what to think about and…
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Thu 03 Nov 2016
'School's In' Application Workshop: Listener Questions
As we get closer to the fall and winter deadlines, we know you have lots of questions. We have lots of answers, and we’ll devote this week’s show to sharing them with you!
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Thu 27 Oct 2016
The Danger of Missing a Deadline, School's In! Application Workshop: Submitting Test Scores, University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin, Madison Supplemental Essay Prompts
What are the consequences of missing a financial aid deadline? Does that mean you definitely won’t receive any money? Or is it not really a big deal? In this week’s show, we’ll answer these questions…
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Thu 20 Oct 2016
Filling out the CSS Profile, School's In! Application Workshop: Should You Disclose a Learning Difference?
Two weeks ago we focused an entire show around completing the FAFSA. In this week’s show, we’ll go through the CSS Profile, another financial aid document required by about 200 colleges and universit…
00:56:49 |
Thu 13 Oct 2016
School's In Application Workshop: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Completing the Common App
The Common App is accepted at close to 700 public and private colleges in the US, making it one of the most popular choices for one-stop-shopping in the admissions process. Every year, College Coach …
00:55:39 |
Thu 06 Oct 2016
School's In! Completing the FAFSA : Public Health Majors and Pre-Med Students
Ever wonder what public health majors are all about? Catherine Ettman, director of strategic initiatives at Boston University’s School of Public Health will join us to share more, including what the …
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Thu 29 Sep 2016
School's In Application Workshop : Listener Admissions and College Finance Questions
A few weeks ago, we ran a Facebook contest asking for your most pressing college admissions and finance questions. Today, we’re going to answer as many of them as we can during our hour-long session.
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Thu 22 Sep 2016
Paying Off Student Loans: One Student's Story: Schools In! Application Workshop: Drafting the Why This College Essay, including Penn, Brown, Pitt and Others
You may have read a recent article in Business Insider chronicling one graduate’s story about finishing school 113,000 dollars in debt back in 2009, and paying it off by November of 2016. We’re thril…
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Thu 15 Sep 2016
School's In Application Workshop: Putting Together a College List at the Last Minute: Cambridge Program
Back to school and still don’t have a college list? You’re in luck! In this week’s School's In! Application Workshop segment, Ian, Julia Jones, and Laurie Peltier will discuss how to craft a college …
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Thu 08 Sep 2016
School's In! International Baccalaureate- Divorce and Paying for College
It’s September, and school is officially back in session. With that in mind, we’re shifting our summer application workshop series to the fall and relaunching it under the School’s In Application Wor…
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Thu 01 Sep 2016
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