{"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":"The Things I Wish I'd Known...","slug":"the-things-i-wish-i-d-known","published_at":"2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/the-things-i-wish-i-d-known","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287","url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/the-things-i-wish-id-known-dFi5s5MY","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/5f9b28a5-bf1d-4441-9db5-096790089ed7/b86abed6-d3fe-4642-bea6-db292e207f10/episodes/audio/group/14d4be90-7037-40ec-b288-ee630ca7f2d4/group-item/45613797-f8ab-44fd-b228-3bb56ca7e0cc/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Xa7viccF","summary":"A live audience of high school seniors and parents at Dartmouth's accepted student open house ponder the lessons of the search they are about to complete. \"What are the things you wish you'd known a year ago?\" AB host Lee Coffin and former New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg ask them. In response, they offer tips for a meaningful campus visit; they celebrate the importance of vibe over spreadsheets of data; and they advise rising seniors to filter an admissions-clogged newsfeed with care. The audience of admissions veterans reminds the next crop of applicants to sustain a sense of authenticity and self-advocacy as the admissions cycle plays out. \"Are these my people?\" was the key assessment of one senior's discovery period; \"I was the guide on the side,\" a mother shares. And Dartmouth's Dean Coffin reminds future applicants, “ 'Feel' is the unsung hero of your college search.”","meta_description":"A live audience of high school seniors and parents at Dartmouth's accepted student open house ponder the lessons of the search they are about to complete.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3585,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/the-things-i-wish-i-d-known/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/the-things-i-wish-i-d-known.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}