The Game: A Guide to Elite College Admissions

By: Great Minds Advising
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  • In this podcast series, we break down the complex game that is elite college admissions and the strategies and pitfalls students need to adopt or beware of if they hope to win admission to one of America’s top colleges.


    “The Game” is hosted by Sam Hassell and brought to you by Great Minds Advising.


    Sam is a published scientist, having spent four years as a neuroscience researcher at Columbia University. Building upon his experiences in research and academia—as well as over a decade in educational services—Sam spearheaded the Great Minds Advising program, a premium college consulting service based in the New York Metropolitan Area and serving students nationwide from NYC to Silicon Valley.


    Great Minds Advising’s unique, hands-on mentorship program and its deep strategic insight into the application review process have earned the company a nation-leading track record of excellence, with 100% of its students gaining admission to top-choice schools in the 2023–24 application cycle.


    Its students have recently gained admission to Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Duke, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, WashU, and UC-Berkeley (among many others) and are admitted to the Ivy League at a rate 12x the national average.


    For the first time, in this podcast, Sam and his team reveal the secrets and strategies they have used to help their students consistently beat the game of elite college admissions.


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Episodes
  • Exposing Top Private HS Matriculation Records

    Exposing Top Private HS Matriculation Records
    Nov 7 2024

    In this episode, we perform a case study analysis on acceptance and matriculation data from one of the top private high schools in the U.S. and a well-known Ivy League “feeder school.” We cover the following:

    • Most Recent Year and 5-Year Ivy League Matriculations
    • Ivy League Acceptance Data for “Unhooked” Students (i.e. non-legacy/donor, recruited athletes, etc)
    • Hooked vs. Unhooked Student Acceptance Rates & GPAs


    Drawing upon this data, we argue that alluring college track records at many top US high schools—particularly top private high schools—often derive not from the school’s “name brand” but rather from a disproportionate number of students with other well-established admissions advantages.
    Finally, we discuss the highly limited applicability of overall high school track records to individual cases—particularly to “unhooked” and overrepresented minority students (e.g. Asian/Indian)—and the harmful effects of relying on school track records or any type of peer comparisons in the admissions process.


    “The Game” is hosted by Sam Hassell and brought to you by Great Minds Advising.

    Web: greatmindsadvising.com
    Email: info@greatmindsadvising.com
    FB: www.facebook.com/GreatMindsAdvising
    IG: @greatmindsadvising
    TikTok: @greatmindsadvising
    YouTube: @GreatMindsAdvising
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    46 mins
  • Stanford Application Review

    Stanford Application Review
    Oct 23 2024

    In this deep dive episode, we analyze the profile and application of a current high school senior applying to Stanford. We pinpoint many critical strategic mistakes affecting the quality of the student’s presentation across both the Common Application and the Stanford supplements––errors that are very often committed by top academic students in general and students targeting Stanford in particular.


    “The Game” is hosted by Sam Hassell and brought to you by Great Minds Advising.

    Web: greatmindsadvising.com
    Email: info@greatmindsadvising.com
    FB: www.facebook.com/GreatMindsAdvising
    IG: @greatmindsadvising
    TikTok: @greatmindsadvising
    YouTube: @GreatMindsAdvising
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    5 hrs and 41 mins
  • “Help With My Vanderbilt Essay!” & Answering Other Student Qs

    “Help With My Vanderbilt Essay!” & Answering Other Student Qs
    Oct 4 2024

    In this episode, we return to the popular online forum Reddit to answer college admissions questions from students across the country. In particular, we cover the following topics:

    • Additional Information Section: Good or Bad?
    • Including A Third Teacher or Supplementary Recommendation
    • Early Action Plans That Prohibit Early Decision To Other Colleges
    • Help With My Vanderbilt Essay!
    • Strategic Implications Of Parent Colleges & Backgrounds


    Send Us A Question: info@greatmindsadvising.com


    “The Game” is hosted by Sam Hassell and brought to you by Great Minds Advising.

    Web: greatmindsadvising.com
    Email: info@greatmindsadvising.com
    FB: www.facebook.com/GreatMindsAdvising
    IG: @greatmindsadvising
    TikTok: @greatmindsadvising
    YouTube: @GreatMindsAdvising
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    1 hr and 31 mins

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