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

