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ILUMIN Blog

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Webinar Transcript: Live Q&A with UCSB Freshmen Admissions Officer

Elton Lin

We had the privilege of sitting down recently with Guillermo Vasquez, Freshman Admissions Counselor at UCSB, to talk about the recent adjustments to the admissions process made by the UC system and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.

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Webinar Transcript: Live Q&A with Emory University Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions

Elton Lin

We had the privilege of sitting down recently with Giles Eady, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Emory University, to talk about current admissions trends and the unique challenges and trends within higher education in the year ahead.

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Webinar Transcript: Building STEM Major Pathways

Elton Lin

We'll be chatting more about majors today. Last webinar, earlier this week, we did a talk about summer programs: what you should be thinking about? We systematically went through the different options. We'll be going through that with majors through – that similar process of going through the different options: what students are looking at, and best practices, or what students should be looking at doing and achieving, and programs – things like that.

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Webinar Transcript: Last Minute Summer Plans

Elton Lin

Today Katie and Sarah will be with us introducing these different options, programs, and really just debriefing this entire process of how to plan out a summer. So we'll be talking a little bit more about that, and then we'll go through all the different options we have available.

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Webinar Transcript: Crafting a Cohesive College List

Elton Lin

This webinar was conducted on March 24, 2021; certain details or statistics may have changed by the time you are reading this transcript. Please request a free consultation if you’d like to get more specific information for your student.

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Webinar Transcript: Freshman and Sophomores: What Should I Be Doing?

Elton Lin

This webinar occurred on March 10, 2021 and featured Anthony Su, Katie Young, and Sarah Yiu.

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Webinar Transcript: Navigating The Changing Standardized Testing Landscape

Elton Lin

This webinar occurred on February 27, 2021 and featured Anthony Su, Katie Young, and Dayna Meyer. Some of the school policies and changes mentioned in the webinar may have been updated by the time you are reading this article.

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Interview with Jessica Schulman, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Brandeis University

Elton Lin

We recently had the chance to sit down with Jessica to learn more about the admissions process and how Brandeis has been adapting to the challenges of having students on campus socially distanced.

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Interview with Guillermo Vasquez, Freshmen Admissions Counselor at Uc Santa Barbara

Tony Flores

We sat down with Guillermo Vasquez, Freshmen Admissions Counselor at UC Santa Barbara to learn more about the admission process and how colleges are adapting to the challenges of COVID-19. Note that this interview took place in June of 2020 and some items have changed, including the UC system deciding to go test blind.

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Interview with Kelli Gerrans, Admissions Counselor at Pepperdine University

Elton Lin

We’re excited to introduce Kelli Gerrans, an admissions counselor at Pepperdine University and the school’s Northern California representative, so those of you who are interested in Pepperdine University will definitely want to connect with Kelli.

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