Episode Synopsis "The Search: Season 2 Episode 1: Reading Season"

As winter draws to a close, college admissions officers are wrapping up the invisible but critical process of diving into applicants’ files, reading every word, and looking for reasons to say “yes” as a new class takes shape. But what are they really searching for? Dean Lee Coffin pulls back the curtain with Vassar’s admissions dean and Middlebury’s admissions director for a lively discussion of what they call “the work of the work.”

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• 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?
• The Search: Episode 2: Getting Started
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