Episode Synopsis "The Search: Episode 1: Admissions 101"

“Admissions 101” offers an overview of the changing landscape of college admissions as seen through the eyes of two students. Aditi Narayanan ’24, from Phoenix Ariz., and Jack Heaphy ’24, from Charlottesville, V.A., talk with Dean Coffin about how they launched their respective searches. Both attended large diverse high schools, and both initially applied to 20 colleges. Each found novel ways to investigate colleges, beyond what they found on websites and in brochures. Aditi reached out via social media to students already attending the colleges on her list. Jack was drawn to schools that place a priority on both academics and the arts and was less interested in institutional statistics than in what he could glean about student life. Both students, Dean Coffin notes, wrote engaging, authentic essays about themselves that were key to their successful applications. A transcript for this episode can be found here: https://bit.ly/3eQqVJv

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• The Search: Season 2 Bonus Episode: Lee Coffin Welcomes the Class of 2025
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 9: Podding Together
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 8: An Applicant Interviews the Dean
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 7: Major Minor
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 6: Listen to Yourself
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 5: Financial Fit
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 4: Finding Your Place
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 3: Decision Daze
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 2: My Neighbor Says
• The Search: Season 2 Episode 1: Reading Season
• The Search: Season One Highlights
• The Search: Bonus Episode: Ask Me Anything!
• The Search: Episode 12: Admissions Then and Now
• The Search: Episode 11: Shaping a Community
• The Search: Episode 10: Practical Matters
• The Search: Episode 9: Scholarship Dollars and Sense
• The Search: Episode 8: Junior Jitters
• The Search: Episode 7: Telling Your Story
• The Search: Episode 6: What Counts?
• The Search: Episode 5: Avoiding the Parent Trap
• The Search: Episode 4: Passport to Admission
• The Search: Episode 3: Does It Fit?
• The Search: Episode 2: Getting Started
• The Search: Episode 1: Admissions 101