Anonymous
05/27/2025 19:47
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Great new episode on application differentiation
Did you just finish recording it?
No I posted it here.
Sheesh. I stopped giving summaries a while ago because people accused me of being the weird dude with a vocal fry. I thought it was good.
But you do you - so done with your continuous snark.
Anonymous
05/27/2025 19:47
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Great new episode on application differentiation
He certainly likes to hear himself talk!
Anonymous
05/27/2025 19:43
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Great new episode on application differentiation
Did you just finish recording it?
Anonymous
05/27/2025 17:57
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Great new episode on application differentiation
Anonymous
05/22/2025 23:04
Subject: "The Game" podcast
He’s brutal - OUCH!!!!
“And I generally categorize a lot of the students, and they will usually conform to one of these archetypes, is the intellectual or the doer.
But the doer traits are really important. I think they're really important for life. Life is not a multiple-choice test.
You need to know how to interface with people, how to lead people. You need to be gritty. You need to network, send reachouts.
You need to know how to do a Zoom interview with people. You need to present. You need to know how to be polished and articulate.
Like, you can't just be book smart for your whole life. And so a kid who just is all metrics, and a lot of these kids do, there are a lot of kids because they are the intellectual kid. They're not the doer.”
“And I generally categorize a lot of the students, and they will usually conform to one of these archetypes, is the intellectual or the doer.
But the doer traits are really important. I think they're really important for life. Life is not a multiple-choice test.
You need to know how to interface with people, how to lead people. You need to be gritty. You need to network, send reachouts.
You need to know how to do a Zoom interview with people. You need to present. You need to know how to be polished and articulate.
Like, you can't just be book smart for your whole life. And so a kid who just is all metrics, and a lot of these kids do, there are a lot of kids because they are the intellectual kid. They're not the doer.”
Anonymous
05/22/2025 22:59
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Finally listening to the new episode.
His 2nd part is a point that everyone here makes a lot:a top school is not about the content. It’s all the same content/info (Harvard’s organic chemistry class is not in innately better than someone else’s organic chemistry class). It’s about the peer group; the mentors; the research pops; the networking.
The content is commoditized. The biggest difference at an Ivy is the class is taught faster, there’s an assumption of a higher prerequisite knowledge and math competence, and they’ll get further into topics, more advanced topics.
He also talks about “over-indexing on course rigor” and the detrimental effects of that (overindexing happens if the kid has ANY Bs.)
From The Game: A Guide to Elite College Admissions: Is Legacy A Backdoor To The Ivy League?, May 21, 2025
His 2nd part is a point that everyone here makes a lot:a top school is not about the content. It’s all the same content/info (Harvard’s organic chemistry class is not in innately better than someone else’s organic chemistry class). It’s about the peer group; the mentors; the research pops; the networking.
The content is commoditized. The biggest difference at an Ivy is the class is taught faster, there’s an assumption of a higher prerequisite knowledge and math competence, and they’ll get further into topics, more advanced topics.
He also talks about “over-indexing on course rigor” and the detrimental effects of that (overindexing happens if the kid has ANY Bs.)
From The Game: A Guide to Elite College Admissions: Is Legacy A Backdoor To The Ivy League?, May 21, 2025
Anonymous
05/22/2025 15:25
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:The Yale one is great. The AOs on it seem thoughtful, intelligent, and eager to demystify a lot of the process.
I haven’t really learned much detail though with Yale. It’s fine for background.
Others are much more detailed.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 15:14
Subject: "The Game" podcast
The Yale one is great. The AOs on it seem thoughtful, intelligent, and eager to demystify a lot of the process.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 12:36
Subject: "The Game" podcast
if you can get past the regional accent, the College Admission Podcast (CAP) has amazing guests. the guy ask softballs all day long, but if your kid is applying to x, y, and z schools, I'd listen to the CAP podcast with x, y, and z AOs.
I like some of the Yale podcast too. Seems more straight info than the Dartmouth guy (Who makes himself the center of every story?)
I like some of the Yale podcast too. Seems more straight info than the Dartmouth guy (Who makes himself the center of every story?)
Anonymous
05/22/2025 12:06
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:he’s a dumb person’s idea of a smart person.
+1 I wonder if he (or a colleague) are posting in this thread.
I'm the one who posted today (a mom) who found it helpful. Sorry....jeez.
If you aren't a professional, do you have other detailed podcasts you'd recommend? I also like YCBK and the Dartmouth one, which I found out about here. This one seems more formulaic, I think, which could be good or bad, depending on how you view college admissions.
For me, more info and more detail is always better.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 12:03
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:he’s a dumb person’s idea of a smart person.
+1 I wonder if he (or a colleague) are posting in this thread.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 11:57
Subject: "The Game" podcast
he’s a dumb person’s idea of a smart person.
Anonymous
05/22/2025 11:53
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Ok, this new episode was good for the major selection, resume building, resume support, and positioning angle. Thought that part was good.
Anonymous
05/21/2025 16:53
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:His new podcast dropped on legacy at Ivies.
anyone listen?
Its 2+ hours long. Skimming transcript though. Its quite detailed and good.
Where do you find the transcripts?
Download it to Apple Podcasts. It will pop up there on the info about the episode.
Anonymous
05/21/2025 16:51
Subject: "The Game" podcast
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:His new podcast dropped on legacy at Ivies.
anyone listen?
Its 2+ hours long. Skimming transcript though. Its quite detailed and good.
Where do you find the transcripts?