# Once a High School Principal, Now an Admissions Officer Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer.md Podcast: [Admissions Beat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287) Published: 2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer-5Tg0oHNg Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/5f9b28a5-bf1d-4441-9db5-096790089ed7/b86abed6-d3fe-4642-bea6-db292e207f10/episodes/audio/group/ae0a8f85-ef0b-41e6-8971-cdfcb4e4744e/group-item/c21966d1-5c02-4b94-a68a-9a5f6b8689c8/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Xa7viccF Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer Duration seconds: 2769 ## Resource In an uncommon career pivot, former high school principal and English teacher Robin Appleby segued from her school-based tenures in the U.S. and internationally to a late-career stint as a college admission officer at Dartmouth. She joins AB host Lee Coffin for a reflection on the lessons drawn from both sides of her academic desk. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.