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. Interpreting Testing: Your Scores May Be Stronger Than You Think

    Published: 3/26/2024

  2. Learning to Read

    Published: 3/19/2024

  3. Inside the Admissions Selection Committee

    Published: 3/12/2024

  4. Is College Worth It?

    Published: 3/5/2024

  5. Admissions Moms Who Know Too Much?

    Published: 2/27/2024

  6. Keep Calm and Carry On: Navigating the FAFSA Rollout

    Published: 2/20/2024

  7. Take an 'Existential Selfie'

    Published: 2/13/2024

  8. Searching

    Published: 2/6/2024

  9. High School Juniors: Your College Search Begins

    Published: 1/30/2024

  10. Season 4 Finale: ‘Twas Two Weeks Til the Deadline

    Published: 12/19/2023

  11. Take an ‘Existential Selfie,’ Through a Rural Lens

    Published: 12/12/2023

  12. Interview Tips: Let Your Life Speak

    Published: 12/5/2023

  13. One-on-One with the Nation’s ‘Chief Admissions Counselor’

    Published: 11/28/2023

  14. Navigating Thanksgiving Queries from Curious Relatives

    Published: 11/21/2023

  15. Fifty Podversations! An Admissions Beat Anniversary Highlight Reel

    Published: 11/14/2023

  16. College Affordability? Ignore the Sticker Price!

    Published: 11/7/2023

  17. Data Dive, Part 2: Standardized Testing

    Published: 10/31/2023

  18. Data Dive, Part 1: The High School Transcript

    Published: 10/24/2023

  19. Acceptance: A Conversation with Author Emi Nietfeld

    Published: 10/17/2023

  20. Let Your Life Speak Through Your College Essay

    Published: 10/10/2023

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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.