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Apply at Your Best: Advice from a Med School Admissions Expert [Episode 261]

Summary Lolita Wood-Hill has been working in the field of pre-med advising for over 25 years, so it’s safe to…

From Wall St to Wharton, While Starting Wall Street Oasis [Episode 204]

Today’s guest is Patrick Curtis, CEO & Co-founder of Wall Street Oasis. Patrick graduated from Williams College in 2002 and…

International Students: How to Finance Your U.S. Education [Episode 260]

Summary Brian Hoffman started Nomad Credit to primarily work with international students in helping them find and secure student loans,…

MIT Sloan Fellow, User Experience Expert, and Busy Mom [Episode 259]

Show Summary Katie Luby will be graduating this spring from the MIT Sloan Fellows program, and can’t say enough good…

Meet Dr. Nadia Afridi, Plastic Surgeon, Recent Columbia EMBA, and Mom [Episode 258]

Our guest today, Dr. Nadia Afridi earned her bachelors and MD in Canada and then did a residency in plastic…

Let’s Learn about Utah SOM from its Associate Dean of Admissions [Episode 256]

Our guest today is Dr. Benjamin Chan, Associate Dean of Admissions and Idaho Affairs at the University of Utah's School…

USC Marshall’s Kellee Scott: Don’t Be Rigid, Boring or Tedious! [Episode 255]

It gives me great pleasure to welcome Kellee Scott. This is Kellee’s first time on AST, but she is no…

An Interview with Dartmouth Tuck’s Admissions Director, Luke Pena [Episode 252]

It gives me great pleasure to have for the first time on AST, Luke Pena, Executive Director of Admissions and…

Bain & Company’s Keith Bevans Talks About Careers, Life at Bain [Episode 251]

One of the biggest motivations, if not the biggest motivation, for applying to graduate school is career enhancement and achievement…

Early Career Management and European MBA Programs with Jamie Wright [Episode 249]

Our guest today is Jamie Wright. She grew up in California, started her career in PR in Chicago, and then…

How to Get Into NYIT’s College of Osteopathic Medicine [Episode 250]

Our guest today, Gina Moses, is the Director of Admissions at New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.…

Optimize Your Graduate School Application: Grades, Scores, Essays, Resume, Activity History, and More [Episode 247]

This show was triggered by a question asked on a recent webinar that I gave when a member of the…

Meet Duke Fuqua’s New MBA Admissions Director, Shari Hubert [Episode 245]

It gives me great pleasure to welcome back to AST Shari Hubert, Associate Dean of Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua…

Keeping Up with Dr. Andrea Tooley – Ophthalmology Resident and Soon-To-Be-Fellow [Episode 244]

Dr. Andrea Tooley is currently an ophthalmology resident at the Mayo Clinic who will soon start a fellowship in oculoplastics…

Encore: MD, OBGYN, MPH Talks Med School & Residency Admissions [Episode 240]

I am swamped at this time of year with clients facing early January deadlines so I decided to start the…

The Toronto Rotman MBA Program: Where Application Volume is Soaring [Episode 243]

Today for the first time we welcome Jamie Young, Director of Recruitment & Admissions for the Full-Time MBA Program at…

Med School Uncensored: A Realistic Perspective on Medical Training [Episode 236]

Dr. Richard Beddingfield, a practicing cardiothoracic anesthesiologist in Wisconsin, is the author of Med School Uncensored: The Insider's Guide to…

All the Details About the Full-Time MIT Sloan MBA Program [Episode 241]

  We are pleased to welcome back Dawna Levenson, Director of Admissions at MIT Sloan. Dawna earned her bachelors and…

Encore: UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions According to Dean Alex Lawrence [Episode 239]

As applicants, students, and admissions consultants are knee deep in family, celebration, and application essays we'd like to play an…

16 Grad School Application Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make [Episode 237]

The application cycle is in full swing in early December, when I’m recording this podcast. In reflecting on the many…