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What Really Happens After You Submit Your College Application? An Insider’s Look at Admissions & Financial Aid

What actually happens after your student hits “submit” on their college application? And why can two equally qualified students receive completely different admissions—and financial aid—outcomes?

In this episode of Old College Try, Peg Keough is joined by College Aid Pro expert Christina Lopez, former Dean of Enrollment Management at Barnard College with more than 20 years of experience in higher education, including NYU. Together, they take families behind the scenes of admissions and financial aid to explain how colleges actually build an incoming class—and why there’s so much happening…

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