{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5985c925950a13467cfb1e04/5cf7b69cb38216b707f702ca?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"College Admissions - Beyond Headlines","description":"<p>My guests are experts in this space that you wouldn’t have seen quoted in recent coverage but maybe should’ve. Davin Sweeney is an independent college counselor with <a href=\"https://collegewise.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Collegwise</a> who worked for ten years as an admissions counselor at the University of Rochester. He also hosts a podcast called “<a href=\"https://www.crushpodcast.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Crush</a>” featuring interviews with people who have interesting perspectives to share on the college and college admissions landscape. Leia Petty is a HS Guidance Counselor of ten years and social justice activist living in Brooklyn, NY. And Luke Nonas-Hunter is a high school senior in NYC's High School for Math Science and Engineering, recently released from the arduous process of college admissions - he'll be a freshman at <a href=\"http://www.olin.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Olin Colleg</a>e in September.</p><p><br></p><p>My guests are experts in this space that you wouldn’t have seen quoted in recent coverage but maybe should’ve.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links from this episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.crushpodcast.com/doug-webber-2/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Doug Webber on The Crush</strong></a><strong>: </strong><a href=\"https://www.crushpodcast.com/doug-webber-2/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.crushpodcast.com/doug-webber-2/</a></li><li><strong>Mark Moody, The Myth of Fit: </strong><a href=\"https://msquaredcollegecounselor.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://msquaredcollegecounselor.wordpress.com/</a></li><li><strong>What was that test in China? The Gaokao: </strong><a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/sample-questions-from-chinas-gaokao-one-of-worlds-toughest-tests-2018-6\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.businessinsider.com/sample-questions-from-chinas-gaokao-one-of-worlds-toughest-tests-2018-6</a></li><li><strong>Dr. Wayne Au: </strong><a href=\"https://www.uwb.edu/education/about/faculty/wayneau\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.uwb.edu/education/about/faculty/wayneau</a></li><li><strong>Fairtest.org - list of test-optional colleges: </strong><a href=\"http://fairtest.org/\" target=\"_blank\">http://fairtest.org/</a></li><li><strong>John Bockenstedt - Higher Ed Data Stories: </strong><a href=\"https://highereddatastories.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">https://highereddatastories.blogspot.com/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In the News</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/college-admissions-cheating-scandal.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Link</strong></a><strong>, New York Times: Operation Varsity Blues</strong></li><li><a href=\"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stanford-admissions-new-york-times_n_56fbe83ce4b083f5c60623c0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Link</strong></a><strong>: HuffPost Stanford Accepts No One: Just to be clear: Bruni’s column was satire, a jokey riff about how colleges and universities take outsize pride in trumpeting how many applicants they reject. In reality, Stanford </strong><a href=\"http://news.stanford.edu/news/2016/march/admit-admission-announce-032516.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>announced last week that</strong></a><strong> 2,063 high school students have been admitted to the class of 2020, giving the Bay Area school an acceptance rate of 4.69 percent — not zero percent.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Marc Lesser"}