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Webinar Transcript: Live Q&A with Emory University Senior Associate Dean of Admission

Anna Lu

Giles, if you don't mind, before we kind of launch into questions, you know… give us an intro,  tell us about maybe how you got started, what brought you here, and what delights you in the work of admissions.

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Webinar Transcript: Live Q&A with Northeastern University Director of Admissions Engagement

Anna Lu

Good evening, everybody. Pleased to speak to you all. My name is Trey Moore, and I currently serve as the Director of Admissions Engagement at the University of Northeastern here in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Webinar Transcript: Live Q&A with Carnegie Mellon University Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Anna Lu

Super excited to have Andrew McMillen from Carnegie Mellon University come on with us! He told me he's super honest—too honest, so we wanna test that theory and see what he might be able to share—but all in all, super excited to have him on.

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Webinar Transcript: 2025 Admissions Trends: What’s Changed?

Anna Lu

I'm going to share some things that we're learning as it relates to college admissions, trends, and what's happening in a landscape; and we'll do some deep dives into some different trends, and share a little bit more about how you might respond to some of those trends.

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Webinar Transcript: How to Get Started on the Common App Personal Statement

Elton Lin

Many of you have probably heard of the Common App—really big platform, supports over a thousand colleges in their college application process—and kind of at the forefront of that is the Common App Personal Statement, or the Common App essay, which gets sent to every college that you apply to through the Common App.

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Webinar Transcript: Breaking Down the UC PIQs

Elton Lin

We’re going to take a look at some of the PIQs. For a lot of our seniors—definitely if there are any younger students, you are more than welcome to join to get a bit of preview of what’s in store—but this is mostly going to be geared for a lot of our incoming 12th graders who are going to be doing the college essays and applications coming on.

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Webinar Transcript: The Digital SAT vs. The ACT

Elton Lin

This is a transcript of a webinar from August 2024, a recording of which you can find on our YouTube channel. Thank you again to Ivy Method Tutors for co-hosting this webinar with us!

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Webinar Transcript: Pathway to Med School: High School Tips for Medical School Success

Elton Lin

This is a transcript of a webinar from August 2024, a recording of which you can find on our YouTube channel. Thank you again to Samantha Castro-Rico, Ivan Chan, and William Kerr for coming to share their personal thoughts and experiences surrounding their own pathways to med school!

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Webinar Transcript: College Majors—Why They Matter and How to Choose Them

Elton Lin

Just to intro our time: I’m going to share some content about college majors. There’s a lot of new and important data to share—some of that is going to be rehashed from the trends webinar, if you were there—so there’s going to be some of that, plus a little bit more specific data to share.

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Webinar Transcript: 2024 Admissions Trends: What’s Changed?

Elton Lin

I'm excited to share more about what we're learning about the college admissions landscape, including trends that we're seeing from this past cycle. Actually, I think the greater bracket of time is really from 2020 to now, so I think there's a lot of interesting things to share! Excited to do so.

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