6 Admissions Truths That Sound Completely Wrong

In elite college admissions, intuition and logic can work against you—because the most obvious moves are often the same ones everyone else is making. In this episode, we unpack six counterintuitive admissions truths, from why a college that seems like a better fit can actually be harder to get into to why elite admissions can sometimes punish the very pre-professional ambition many top students assume colleges want. We explore how scarcity, differentiation, positioning, and unconvention...