{"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":"Once a High School Principal, Now an Admissions Officer","slug":"once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer","published_at":"2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287","url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer-5Tg0oHNg","audio_url":"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","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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 internati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2769,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer/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/once-a-high-school-principal-now-an-admissions-officer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}