# Odds and Ends

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Podcast: [Admissions Beat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287)
Published: 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/odds-and-ends-qQkWa7Lr
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## Resource

In a "listener mailbag" bonus episode, Jen Simons from Bright Horizons College Coach joins AB host Lee Coffin to answer an array of listener questions. The mailbag queries spark riffs on a wide range of admissions topics from applying to college as a twin to the option of a state honors college to interpreting newsfeed posts about 2026 acceptance rates, the "new Ivies," and "over-rated" colleges. And the longtime friends and colleagues touch a few topics no one asked them to discuss!

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