Let Me In: The BASIS Independent McLean College Counseling Podcast

Dr. Hight and Mr. Ramsby sit down with Colgage admissions officer Piper Robinson to talk about what's great about Colgate and to hear her insights on the college admissions process, including what she thinks really matters in an application essay.

Dr. Hight does a deep dive on how colleges respond to the incentives created by the US News and World Report rankings, and what that means for students and parents applying to college.

Dr. Hight and Mr. Ramsby interview our first guest: Brown admissions officer Marie-Anne Barron. We discuss what's special about Brown, what they look for in applicants, and what really matters (and really doesn't) in admissions.

In part 1 of our college rankings special, Matt and John look at the history of college rankings and dig into how the US News and World Report rankings are calculated. Spoiler alert: there are quite a few problems!

Last year, Harvard's acceptance rate was 3.19%. Bowdoin's was 6.5%, and UCLA's rate was 10.8%. It certainly looks like it's getting harder to get into college, but is it? Matt and John discuss and the answer may surprise you.

Matt and John introduce the Let Me In podcast, which goes behind the scenes of college admissions to let prospective students and parents know what's really going on and how to get into the school that's right for them.