March 26, 2026
What If We Could Finally See Inside the Black Box of College Admissions? - with Braden Weissman & Cooper Weissman, Co-founders, Nerd Apply
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Braden Weissman & Cooper Weissman, Co-founders, Nerd Apply
In this episode, sponsored by the ELIVE 2026 Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the HigherEd PodCon II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
- How did 2 brothers who were Pell Grant recipients from Arizona public schools build the largest qualitative data set in college admissions history with 140,000 applications?
- Why did taking $20,000 in credit card debt & leaving Dartmouth & Miami medical school force them to go all in on taking chaos out of college admissions?
- What makes 19% of students writing about mental health struggles in essays the kind of visibility that can empower policymakers to make real decisions for the next generation?
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