Ep 5B: Will Gaming the System Ever Go Away?

Getting In: Your College Admissions Companion

Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and expert Amy Young

react to the criticism that's bubbled up around the Harvard report proposing

sweeping changes to college admissions. Plus, they get an update from Getting

In senior August Graves who this week received a notification from a college.

And Julie and Amy answer listener questions. Amy is the director of college counseling at

Avenues, an independent school in New York City. Listener questions this week include one from a

mom who's daughter is a serious athlete. She wonders if devoting all summer

between junior and senior year to soccer practice could affect her daughter's

admissions chances. A high school student in Germany, who has already skipped

two grades, says he'll be 16 by the time he starts college. How will colleges

view his young age? And, a parent planning a spring break tour of colleges with

her son has discovered many of the colleges have the same spring break-- and so

no classes will be in session. Is it still a good time to tour schools? Send questions, comments, and follow us on

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