Ken chats with Emmi Harward, Executive Director at the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS). Together they explore alternate universes (including one where Emmi is a Supreme Court justice/former U.S. President) as well as a pro tip for getting the first win of the day before you even get out of bed.

Shout-outs & Links

• Terry Cowdrey, who hired Emmi into her first admissions gig at Vanderbilt. 
• Marie Bigham... yes THAT Marie Bigham.
• Briana Barkin, Lawrence University California-based regional admission superstar
• Suzan Zarwell, director of college counseling at University School of Milwaukee (for a picture she got author Paul Tough to send to Ken).

Rapid Descent

• Emmi's walkout song: This is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
• Best thing she's read lately: Real American by Julie Lythcott-Haimes
• What she's eager to read next: The Privileged Poor by Anthony Jack and The Years That Matter Most by Paul Tough
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Besides dinner reservations, her mother's Mac and cheese... with dreams of making John Legend's Mac and cheese.
• What she uses to take and keep notes: Whatever paper is near her Pilot G2 fine point pen. (Also many many Post-it Notes.)
• Memorable bit of advice: From her mother who advised, "Make sure you are running to something and not just from something." 
• Bucket list: Communicating in Spanish, and also spending a lot of time in London.

The ALP is supported by RHB, a division of SIG. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment