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Nolan Wells State Autopsy Complete But Sealed, Higher Ed Expert Rasheem Rooke on Back-to-College Season, and Why More Americans Are Going Full-Time as Creators · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: Mississippi officials say the state autopsy on Nolan Weld is complete,
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  Speaker 1: so when will the public be able to see it?
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  Speaker 2: We won't ask us. We are completely focused on getting
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  Speaker 2: to the strength, the whole strength, and nothing but the truth.
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  Speaker 1: And college move in season is here. But before families
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  Speaker 1: load up the car, there are five things every student
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  Speaker 1: needs to double check. Will tell you what you need
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  Speaker 1: to know.
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  Speaker 3: Students should assume that because they were admitted months ago,
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  Speaker 3: that everything is complete and everything is in order.
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  Speaker 1: And more Americans are walking away from the traditional job
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  Speaker 1: market and trying to make a living as a full
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  Speaker 1: time content creator. What's driving the shift from the Black
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  Speaker 1: Effect podcast network. I'm Mimi Brown. This is front page
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  Speaker 1: and here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me.
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  Speaker 1: There are new developments in the investigation into the death
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  Speaker 1: of Nolan Wells. Mississippi officials have confirmed the state's final
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  Speaker 1: autopsy report is complete, but the public still doesn't know
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  Speaker 1: when or even if it will be released. A spokesperson
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  Speaker 1: for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety says the autopsy
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  Speaker 1: was performed on July seventh, and the report is now finalized.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers. McIlrath says the report,
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  Speaker 1: along with other key evidence, will remain sealed while investigators
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  Speaker 1: prepared to present the case to a grand jury. She
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  Speaker 1: says releasing that information now could affect witnesses or the
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  Speaker 1: grand jury process.
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  Speaker 4: I understand the public's urgency to know what happened to Nolan.
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  Speaker 4: We are not taking time for time's sake. We are
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  Speaker 4: taking the time required to complete the work this investigation demands.
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  Speaker 4: The pressure for answers does not change what the work requires.
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  Speaker 4: I also understand that many people have questions about why
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  Speaker 4: more information has not been released publicly. In Mississippi, the
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  Speaker 4: rules of professional conduct restrict the information a prosecutor can
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  Speaker 4: release during an investigation. Our restraint in communicating facts and
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  Speaker 4: evidence is not an effort to keep the truth from
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  Speaker 4: the public. It is an effort to protect the integrity
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  Speaker 4: of this investigation in the grandeury proceeding.
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  Speaker 1: The state report is especially significant because the independent autopsy
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  Speaker 1: requested by Nolan's family could not determine how he died.
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Mitchell found the cause and manner of death remain undetermined.
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  Speaker 1: He also said portions of Nolan's neck were not returned
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  Speaker 1: for examination, and that his lungs and stomach contents had
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  Speaker 1: already been removed during the state autopsy. Mitchell also documented
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  Speaker 1: an unexplained area of red discoloration at the back of
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  Speaker 1: Nolan's neck that he says could not have been observed
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  Speaker 1: during the state examination because the back of the head
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  Speaker 1: and neck were not dissected. Attorney crom says his lead
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  Speaker 1: team is now working to give Mitchell access to the
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  Speaker 1: remaining neck tissue and photographs taken when Nolan's body was recovered.
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to coordinate with doctor Roger Mitchell, who conducted
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  Speaker 2: the independent autopsy of Nolan Wells, to be able to
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  Speaker 2: inspect his throat that was missing with his body when
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  Speaker 2: he was flown to do the autopsy with doctor Mitchell,
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  Speaker 2: because doctor Mitchell did not get an opportunity and to
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  Speaker 2: July tenth to be able to examine his body. And
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  Speaker 2: at that time we know the airways and the lungs
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  Speaker 2: had already been dissected and so forth, so we can't
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  Speaker 2: tell if there was the presence of water or not
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  Speaker 2: that would suggest.
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  Speaker 1: So at this point, the state's autopsy is complete but
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  Speaker 1: remain sealed, and the independent autopsy has raised new questions
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  Speaker 1: but still has not determined how Nolan Wells died. We
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  Speaker 1: will continue to stay on the latest in this case.
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  Speaker 1: Well College move in season is officially here, and while
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  Speaker 1: most families are focused on packing boxes and buying dormasentios,
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  Speaker 1: there are a few things that should be checked. Lists
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  Speaker 1: that should be checked before anyone heads to campus. Some
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  Speaker 1: are financial, some are administrative, but all of them could
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  Speaker 1: impact whether a student starts the semester on time. So
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  Speaker 1: joining us is higher education expert Rashim Rook with five
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  Speaker 1: things that every student and family should double check before
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  Speaker 1: moving day. Rashim, welcome, how are you?
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  Speaker 3: I am good, Mini, Thank you for having me all
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  Speaker 3: right this space and time.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, we are happy to have you. So the
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  Speaker 1: first thing that you say is that we should verify
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  Speaker 1: that you are officially enrolled. That seems like a non starter,
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  Speaker 1: but please explain.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it sounds obvious, but students shouldn't assume that because
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  Speaker 3: they were admitted months ago that everything is everything is
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  Speaker 3: in order. So students, they really need to log into
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  Speaker 3: their student portal. They need to verify the enrollment status.
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  Speaker 3: They've got to check that every required document that they
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  Speaker 3: were supposed to submit had been submitted and if for
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  Speaker 3: one some reason, one reason or another, it hadn't been submitted,
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  Speaker 3: then they need to contact those offices immediately. So it
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  Speaker 3: could be that they don't have a class schedule or
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  Speaker 3: a housing assignment as a result of these things not
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  Speaker 3: being submitted. But if you were expected to have those things,
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  Speaker 3: you check your portal and you see that you don't
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  Speaker 3: reach out to the school immediately, you shouldn't. You shouldn't
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  Speaker 3: just assume you need to verify.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and speaking of not assuming, you also say, don't
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  Speaker 1: assume your financial aid is finalized.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, many many families they get a financial laid
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  Speaker 3: award package, an award offer back in my called it
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  Speaker 3: an award letter, And shouldn't assume that the process is
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  Speaker 3: com because they said you're eligible for these pieces of
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  Speaker 3: scholarships or grants or loans. So you've got to check
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that the scholarships have actually been posted.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to check that if you've got outside scholarships,
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  Speaker 3: that they have actually arrived to the campus. They may
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  Speaker 3: not have arrived. Award packages shift and change depending on
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  Speaker 3: information that comes in, so you've got to constantly be
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  Speaker 3: looking and checking that financial aid portal. It's a separate
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  Speaker 3: tab within that portal, and I tell students to look
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  Speaker 3: at it weekly until the bill is finalized. So they've
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  Speaker 3: got to keep monitoring it until they make sure that
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  Speaker 3: they have a zero on their bill and everything has
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  Speaker 3: been cleared.
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  Speaker 1: I like that look at it weekly. And if they
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  Speaker 1: notice that something is off, what's the next step. Should
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  Speaker 1: they contact the school? Should they let them know that
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  Speaker 1: they're expecting something. What would you advise sure.
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  Speaker 3: If they know that there's something off. Let's say they
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  Speaker 3: know that they someone told them that they are getting
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  Speaker 3: a scholarship, but that scholarship does not a show up
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  Speaker 3: on their award portal, I will contact the scholarship provider
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  Speaker 3: immediately and have them give you and the school a
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  Speaker 3: scholarship award letter. An oftentimes schools will take that award
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  Speaker 3: letter saying so and so is receiving X amount of
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  Speaker 3: dollars and they will use that as a placeholder for
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  Speaker 3: those funds, so instead of tracking them down for the money,
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  Speaker 3: because they know it's come from an official person on
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  Speaker 3: letterheads signed by the appropriate person, that they can count
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  Speaker 3: on those dollars. So if they see that something is missing,
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  Speaker 3: especially if the scholarship oriented contact this scholarship provider. If
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  Speaker 3: that stuff was already provided, immediately contact the financial aid office.
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  Speaker 3: So the financial aid office will then have to track
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  Speaker 3: that information down and then make sure it's reflected on
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  Speaker 3: their portal.
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  Speaker 1: Right, And so that was actually kind of leading us
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  Speaker 1: into tip three, which is know exactly what you still
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  Speaker 1: owe and when it's due. How important is that? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that just seems like that is one of the most
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  Speaker 1: important tips that people should know and should be looking into. You.
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  Speaker 3: It's an overlap with the financial aid because a lot
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  Speaker 3: of students and families use financial aid. With students, financial
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  Speaker 3: aid is what they're saying, you're going to have your
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  Speaker 3: pay for your bill. Student accounts is tracking whether or
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  Speaker 3: not it is actually landed to pay your bill. So
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  Speaker 3: you've got to check to make sure that your bill
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  Speaker 3: is Know if you still owe something, Know if there's
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  Speaker 3: a deadline, Know when it's due, Know why it might
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  Speaker 3: be due. Something may have changed. I used to see
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  Speaker 3: this all times. Students would change rooms and go from
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  Speaker 3: a double to a single, and now they owe an
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  Speaker 3: extra three thousand dollars on their bill. Where'd that come from?
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  Speaker 3: They would go from a ten meal a week meal
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  Speaker 3: plan to a twenty one meal a week meal plan.
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  Speaker 3: Oh my god, where'd that change come from? Something as
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  Speaker 3: simple as losing a key card or a physical key
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  Speaker 3: and having to replace it might end up with a
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  Speaker 3: fifty dollars bill added on top of everything else you owe.
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  Speaker 3: So check it. No, what's do? Know? What it to do?
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  Speaker 3: If you cannot pay by the due date, Let them
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  Speaker 3: know beforehand, don't let the do date and just kind
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  Speaker 3: of have wishful thinking that they don't come looking for
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  Speaker 3: the money.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, that wishful thinking. You know,
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  Speaker 1: very very practical information so far, But this one, I
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  Speaker 1: think a lot of us can kind of relate. To
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  Speaker 1: read every email from the college. It sounds simple, but
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  Speaker 1: it may be one of the biggest mistakes. Can talk
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  Speaker 1: about that.
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  Speaker 3: One, every single email. Some people think that the college
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  Speaker 3: will send you one email or one point of contact
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  Speaker 3: from the institute will send you multiple emails. You will
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  Speaker 3: end up giving emails from different offices. Financial aid may
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  Speaker 3: send you an email, Housing may send you an email.
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  Speaker 3: The registrars may send you an email related to classes.
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  Speaker 3: You may get emails from the health center. Any email
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  Speaker 3: that comes in your inbox, you need to read it
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  Speaker 3: because oftentimes, especially as a first time in college student,
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  Speaker 3: those emails are mapped to deadlines and they're specific and
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  Speaker 3: they require that we submit something in order for us
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  Speaker 3: to be able to matriculate at that school. So don't
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  Speaker 3: ignore the email. That one email that's ignored may disrupt
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  Speaker 3: your entire semester. So check the email inbox daily.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, let's talk about something that no one likes
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  Speaker 1: to think about, and that is our plan B. What
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  Speaker 1: should we be thinking about when you say plan B?
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  Speaker 3: Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan until they get
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  Speaker 3: punched in the face. What do you do when that happens?
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  Speaker 3: You start to swing wildly, But don't do that. Have
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  Speaker 3: a plan B. If something aid gets delayed and we
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  Speaker 3: know that a college books end up costing way more
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  Speaker 3: than you had anticipated. Travel changes affect whether or not
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  Speaker 3: you're going to be able to move in on time.
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  Speaker 3: There are always unexpected things that happen, and it's better
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  Speaker 3: to have a plan be and then know who you're
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  Speaker 3: going to contact in case something happens. And maybe you
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  Speaker 3: have to call a financial aid officer. You may have
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  Speaker 3: to call your scholarship provider. You may have to call
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  Speaker 3: an academic advisor. You may have to call a trusted
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  Speaker 3: family friend or someone who's really really cool with you
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  Speaker 3: and ride with you, help you out and help you
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  Speaker 3: through certain things. But come together with your family or
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  Speaker 3: think through it on your own, have a plan be
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  Speaker 3: I tell people all the time, we can hope for
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  Speaker 3: the best, but you've got to prepare for the unexpected.
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  Speaker 1: Prepare for the unexpected. These are such practical reminders. Rehien
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  Speaker 1: family spends so much time getting ready for college and
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  Speaker 1: sometimes it's the smallest detail that causes the biggest headache.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you so much for joining us and sharing
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  Speaker 1: some of the these practical tools where families can get
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  Speaker 1: ready for this upcoming college move and season. Where can
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  Speaker 1: we find you? How can we follow you?
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  Speaker 3: I am on all social media, It's the handles the
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  Speaker 3: same officially Raschien our as h e e Emas and Mary.
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  Speaker 3: Most of my stuff is taking place in TikTok. It's
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  Speaker 3: a brand where a lot of students are getting everyday
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  Speaker 3: practical tips that will help them thrive in college.
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  Speaker 1: And finally, more Americans are leaving traditional jobs and trying
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  Speaker 1: to create a living making content online. The shift comes
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  Speaker 1: as the job market continues to cool. The unemployment rate
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  Speaker 1: stood at four point two percent in June. Hiring sload
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  Speaker 1: and layoffs tied to artificial intelligence continued to grow. Companies
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  Speaker 1: including Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, and Samsung have all announced
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  Speaker 1: job cuts this year. For many workers, content creation has
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  Speaker 1: become a new career path. The creator economy is now
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  Speaker 1: worth more than two hundred and thirty billion dollars, and
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  Speaker 1: nearly half of full time creators say it's now their
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  Speaker 1: primary job, but experts say success is far from guaranteed.
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  Speaker 1: The average creator takes more than six months to earn
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  Speaker 1: their first dollar, fewer than four percent makes six figures,
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  Speaker 1: and more than half earned less than fifteen thousand a
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  Speaker 1: year from their content. Researchers say most people don't quit
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  Speaker 1: their jobs overnight. They either build an audience before making
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  Speaker 1: the leap, or turn to content after layoffs or a
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  Speaker 1: difficult job. SIRT that's your front page, I Mimi Brown.
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