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Engineer turned Counselor Shveta Bagade: For Every Student, there is a College out there.

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Episode summary introduction: There are over 5000 colleges and universities in the US. Each college and university offers a unique experience. A College Counselor’s role is to help find the right college for you.

Shveta Bagade is a College Counselor based in the Silicon Valley in California, shares her experiences and the philosophy that drives her.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

  • How Shveta got into Counseling
  • Key Tenets and Elements of her counseling
  • COVID-19 Fallout: For Students, Admissions and Counseling

    • Topics discussed in this episode:

    • Counseling: Casual Start to Full Trot []
    • The Experience so far []
    • Success: Helping Students find their place []
    • Types of Students []
    • Getting Started with a Student []
    • Managing Expectations []
    • Upended by COVID-19 []
    • Changing Face of College Admissions []
    • Counseling in the New Normal []
    • “Students are Resilient” []
    • “Every Student has a College for them” []

      • Our Guest: Shveta Bagade is a College Counselor in Silicon Valley, California for the last 5 years. Shveta's students have been accepted into prestigious public colleges like the University of California colleges as well as elite private universities and liberal arts colleges.


      Memorable Quote: “The foundation of every [College] Application is GPA, Scores and Extracurriculars.”


      Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.


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