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What Students Get Wrong About College Admissions

What Students Get Wrong About College Admissions

Update: 2025-08-15
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In this episode of College Coffee Talk, Andy Lockwood shares a raw, unfiltered account of a real conversation with a Class of 2026 student. Everything was going smoothly—until a single comment changed the tone of the meeting. What happened next says a lot about how students approach the admissions process.


Topics include:
✔ The moment students lose admissions officers
✔ What “polish” sounds like vs. what’s authentic
✔ Mistakes families don’t realize they’re making
✔ How advisors handle students who push back
✔ Why even strong students can self-sabotage



🎧 Catch the full episode on The College Admissions Edge podcast—available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

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What Students Get Wrong About College Admissions

What Students Get Wrong About College Admissions

Pearl and Andy Lockwood