• Five panelists discuss the Secondary School Report: Susan Tree, Hilary Dickman, Julia Esquivel, and Mark Stucker
• Susan gives an overview of what the Secondary School Report is
• Susan talks about the software platforms that are part of the recommendation process
• Susan talks about the School Profile, the Counselor Recommendation, and the Transcript
• Susan explains some other documents, including the mid-year report, the final report
• Hilary talks about the parts of the School Report that she finds to be the most helpful as an admissions officer
• Hilary talks about how the applications are read in the context of the individual high school
• Julia shares the things that she finds the most helpful in the Secondary School Report when she is reading an admissions file
• Hilary talks about how she processes it as a file reader when a student doesn’t fill out the boxes in the School Report
• Hilary and Susan share how they react as readers when some students have a narrative description and others do not
• Hilary and Julia talk about how they evaluate under-resourced students who are coming from schools where few students go to four-year colleges
• Susan and Hilary discuss how the College Board’s Landscape product helps readers when a student is coming from an under-resourced school.
• However, you should know that the College Board has chosen to discontinue offering Landscape
• Mark shares how listeners need to realize that many of the things we are discussing in this interview only apply to colleges that are doing comprehensive, holistic admissions
• Julia shares all of the colleges that will not receive a Secondary School Report
• Julia and Hilary share how important it is that every high school your student is applying to is in your software platform and in the Common App, because this is the only way to know which schools to send the School Report to
• Hilary, Mark, and Susan share some practical things that students can do to work more effectively with their school counselor
• Hilary shares a powerful story of something a counselor shared in their letter that really helped her student in their application
• Hilary shares one thing that counselors can do to really help readers understand the school context
• Susan, Julia, and Hilary all share some great advice for students

You can also listen on Episode 567, Episode 569, and Episode 571