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Podcast: Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Episode: How To Build Relationships With Colleges
Description: When a highly selective school receives ten or more times as many applications as available seats, the applicant pool seems like an anonymous, homogenous horde. How can any single student hope to stand out from the crowd? Amy and Mike invited admissions consultant Aviva Legatt to explain how--and why--to build relationships with colleges. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How is building relationships for college different from showing "demonstrated interest"? How should students create a list of college representatives to connect with? What are the nuts and bolts of forming a connection? Wh...