{"podcast":{"title":"Admissions Beat","slug":"admissions-beat-4462287","podcast_index_feed_id":4462287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Xa7viccF","website_url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0439f9d6-ef41-4970-954e-2e52feec7fe4/f346788d-53d7-44e8-930d-559ce9f7e836/3000x3000/s8-admissionsbeat-logo-1500x1500p.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Dartmouth Admissions","episode_count":136,"summary":"On the Admissions Beat, veteran dean of admissions Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College and a range of guests provide high school students and parents, as well as their counselors and other mentors, with \"news you can use\" at each step on the pathway to college. With a welcoming, reassuring perspective and an approach intended to build confidence in prospective applicants, Dean Coffin offers credible information, insights, and guidance—from the earliest days of the college search, to applications, decision-making, and arrival on campus. He does so by drawing on nearly 30 years of experience as an admissions leader at some of the nation's most prestigious institutions.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287"},"episode":{"title":"Everything Counts!","slug":"everything-counts","published_at":"2026-02-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/everything-counts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287","url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/everything-counts-s0qjLhgM","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/b86abed6-d3fe-4642-bea6-db292e207f10/episodes/2f829e2d-cfd4-4d7f-86b3-361240549711/audio/1d08fcf1-203c-48e9-8983-db64dd6c8653/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Xa7viccF","summary":"\"What counts?!\" is the perennial question asked by parents and students as they wonder what makes a strong application. The answer, it turns out, is complicated. In a re-broadcast of a popular episode from Season 7, the admissions deans at Dartmouth and Brown ponder the nuanced question at hand as they share insights on what admissions officers are—and are not—considering as they build their college communities. Juniors, this conversation will help you discover which colleges match your interests and abilities, while seniors may be glad to know that the way you tell your own story is as important as the transcripts and test scores you submit.","meta_description":"\"What counts?!\" is the perennial question asked by parents and students as they wonder what makes a strong application. The answer, it turns out, is compl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2731,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/everything-counts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/everything-counts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}