Introduction : Mark brings back Anika and Dave to give updates and to celebrate the start of year 8

Mark interviews Dean Christoph Guttentag, Understanding How Duke Makes Admissions Decisions – Part 3 of 3:

• Christoph make such an important point about the angular student and the well-rounded student that we start by letting you hear the last few minutes from part 2 of our interview
• Christoph answers the question, has he seen the rise of students doing their own research and how does the admissions office perceive this
• Christoph walks us through what their 1-5 rubric is and he talks about how they used to assess 6 areas and assign numbers but now they have four main categories
• Christoph shares what is it that teachers provide in their recommendations that is so helpful to you in your assessment process
• Next Christoph shares what value the counselor recommendation provides
• We close out in our lightning round when Christoph goes on the hot seat

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