78. What Exactly Is A Good College?

Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast · Apr 7, 2020 · 26m

Year after year, countless teens stress over a perceived need to attend a "good" college. But what does that even mean and how does reality differ from perception? Amy and Mike invited admissions advisor Stuart Nachbar to shed light on what exactly is a good college.

What are five things you will learn in this episode?

What makes a college good?

How much does national ranking or selectivity matter?

What should you expect a college to do for a student?

What numbers highlight how good a college really is?

What can alumni giving tell you about campus culture?

To me the "good college" is a school…