Episode

Strategies for the Road Ahead

Podcast: Admissions Beat
Published: Nov 25, 2025
Duration seconds: 3341
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Summary

"Getting in" is the clear goal for almost every applicant, but a college search also yields valuable lessons for the road beyond the admissions process itself. Angel Perez, CEO of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling, returns to Admissions Beat for a Thanksgiving week conversation with Dartmouth Dean Lee Coffin that plumbs the lessons of his career in admissions as strategies for the road ahead. "These are the things I wish I knew," Perez notes.