Episode Synopsis "The Search: Episode 2: Getting Started"

Lee Coffin, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid, continues to share practical advice about finding and getting into colleges that meet the needs of all kinds of applicants. In this episode, “Getting Started,” two experienced high school college counselors reveal how they help eleventh graders make diverse college wish lists, zeroing in on the criteria—the “negotiables”—they and their parents value most highly.

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More episodes of the podcast The Search with Lee Coffin

• Coming Soon: Admissions Beat, a new podcast series by Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College
• 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?
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