In this week’s episode you will hear

Introduction (8:25): Kate Stricklan from CU Boulder and Susan Tree discuss takeaways from the NACAC conference and they share insights into file reading. (Length 15 minutes)

This week’s question (23:50): Heath Einstein explains to us what colleges want to see in teacher recommendations: Preview of Part 1

• Heath gives updates on TCU
• Heath shares what he learned about admissions from being a parent
• Heath shares some major changes happening at TCU
• Heath shares how you can know if a teacher rec is important
• Heath shares why teacher recs are important
• Heath gives everyone writing recommendations some great advice, but if you’re a student, there is plenty of advice packed in for you to help you decide who to ask
• Heath gives us examples of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to teacher recommendations.

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