Admissions Beat

A podcast by Lee Coffin • Vice President and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Dartmouth College

Categories:

Education Kids & Family

90 Episodes

  1. Admissions Dean as Admissions Dad

    Published: 12/10/2024

  2. Life in a Suburban Town

    Published: 12/3/2024

  3. “Please Pass the Potatoes…” and Other Thanksgiving Advice

    Published: 11/26/2024

  4. The Language of Financial Aid

    Published: 11/19/2024

  5. History Lesson

    Published: 11/12/2024

  6. “I’ve Never Heard of It…”

    Published: 11/5/2024

  7. Globe Trotting: College Options Outside Your Country

    Published: 10/29/2024

  8. Frosh Perspectives

    Published: 10/22/2024

  9. “What’s Your Deal?”

    Published: 10/15/2024

  10. All-Star College Advising Team, Part I

    Published: 10/8/2024

  11. The Essay: The Fine Art of Telling Your Story

    Published: 10/1/2024

  12. Start Your Engines: Accelerating from Discovery to Application

    Published: 9/24/2024

  13. Keep Calm and Carry On: A Prologue to the New Admissions Season

    Published: 9/17/2024

  14. Finishing Strong: Year-End Thoughts and Summer Homework for Rising (and Graduating) Seniors

    Published: 5/21/2024

  15. “I’m good at math…”

    Published: 5/7/2024

  16. Admissions Beat Live: Parents and Seniors Take the Mic

    Published: 4/30/2024

  17. Dialogue

    Published: 4/23/2024

  18. Choosing Your Senior Year Courses and Why That Matters

    Published: 4/16/2024

  19. A Degree In Thinking

    Published: 4/9/2024

  20. Navigating April: Thoughts for Seniors and Juniors

    Published: 4/2/2024

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On the Admissions Beat, veteran dean of admissions Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College and a range of guests provide high school students and parents, as well as their counselors and other mentors, with "news you can use" at each step on the pathway to college. With a welcoming, reassuring perspective and an approach intended to build confidence in prospective applicants, Dean Coffin offers credible information, insights, and guidance—from the earliest days of the college search, to applications, decision-making, and arrival on campus. He does so by drawing on nearly 30 years of experience as an admissions leader at some of the nation's most prestigious institutions.