Interview 254: Your College-Bound Kid Case Studies
Interview 256: Jin Chow on "How Work Lab Helps Students Get Real Life Work Experience"

Interview 255: Jay Hamilton on “How to Excel While You Are In College”


  • Jay explains how his sons led him to write the following book about college: You Got In! Now What
  • Jay gives his backstory
  • Jay describes how the Stanford Long-range Planning process influenced the book he wrote
  • Jay explains why Mitchell Stevens’ book, “Creating a Class,” is so special
  • Jay explains why economists often have so many cutting edge insights in explaining how college works?
  • Jay shares what he believes are the seven goals of a liberal arts education
  • Jay shares in detail what
  • Jay shares some of the other books that really impacted him, of the 300 he read from Stanford grads while preparing to write his book
  • Jay talks about how meaningful friendships are
  • Jay talks about how important it is for students to be stretched outside of their comfort zone
  • Jay tells a great story about Carly Fiorini
  • Jay shares how the book has been used and how it is being used. He answers the question, which is primarily for students or parents
  • Jay talks about the importance of reading

You can also listen on Episode 589, and Episode 590

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