Episode #111: PPBC Coaching Call: AP Classes, Passion Project, & Research Positions

Today on the podcast I’m excited to announce that we are bringing back our coaching session episodes! In this episode, I’ll be coaching my Passion Project Bootcamp student regarding AP classes, Passion Projects, and research positions! In this episode you’ll meet Yashaswi, a Passion Project Bootcamp student who is currently a junior. She has 3 […]

How to Use These 5 Popular Extracurriculars on Your College Application to Stand Out

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It’s the oldest college admissions strategy in the book: extracurricular activities. Year after year, I see a lot of students committing to all sorts of different extracurriculars in high school to get accepted into their dream Ivy League and Top-tier colleges. And year after year, I see students overwhelmed and burnt out because they take […]

Episode #109: Applying to College Pre-Med with Dr. Shemmassian

Today we are talking all about pre-med, and I’m so excited to be speaking about this topic with my special guest, Dr. Shemmassian! If you are interested, or majoring in, biology, chemistry, physics, or anatomy, and your goal is to get into medical school or any other profession that requires you to have a pre-med […]

Episode #108: Getting accepted into your college will NOT make you happy

As much as I love talking about strategies and action steps to take to get accepted into your dream college, for today’s episode I wanted to look at things a little differently. I want to share with you a bit about the meaning that society places on college, so that you can step back and […]

Episode #107: 3 Things Ivy Leagues & Top-tier Colleges Don’t Care About

I see a lot of students and parents working on different extracurriculars and commitments and implementing various college admission strategies to get accepted into their dream Ivy League and Top-tier colleges. This breaks my heart, because those are the things that many of these colleges just don’t care about anymore. In this episode, I’m going […]

Episode #106: Is Your Passion Project Good Enough?

About 6 months ago, I started interviewing Passion Project Bootcamp students and sharing those coaching sessions with listeners here on the podcast. We received so much good feedback from listeners that resonated with these episodes, telling us how much they learned about our coaching process in Passion Project Bootcamp, as well as the support they […]

Episode #105: The Power Of Group College Consulting Program

Today I have a very special announcement for you! We are opening applications to the new Passion Project Bootcamp NEXT LEVEL Program (formerly The Ivy League Formula Program). In this episode you’ll hear more about this exclusive 4-month group college consulting program, and how we’ll be making this a next level experience for our students […]

Episode #104: What’s the REAL secret to getting accepted?

It’s been a little while since we’ve released a new podcast episode, and so much has happened lately! In the beginning of June, we launched the FREE 7-Day ACCEPTED Challenge – helping almost 5,000 students with their college admissions journey during the free event. The challenge was so amazing and life-changing for its participants that […]