This episode explores the nuances of the Claremont Colleges in California, a distinctive offering within the US higher education landscape. Our guest is Jennifer Hirsch, Senior Associate Dean of International Admission at Claremont McKenna College.

Ben Hsu of Venture Camp helps David unpack the purpose and variety of US summer programs for high school students.

Denise Nijuis, the Coordinator of Student Recruitment and Admission at University College Roosevelt is our guest to provide updates on the current landscape of Dutch higher education admissions.

Dutch Universities Consortium

Study in NL

David is joined by Anne Corriveau, the Director of International Admissions at Boston University, to discuss the ins and outs of US Early Decision applications.

Dan Seneker, Associate Vice-President of Enrolment Management & Registrar of St Mary's University, joins us to discuss the current situation in Canadian higher education.

Join David as he explores the 'HBCUs' with colleagues from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia,

Find out more about Spellman and the HBCUs at these links:

https://www.spelman.edu/

https://sites.ed.gov/whhbcu/one-hundred-and-five-historically-black-colleges-and-universities/

David discussed the concept of intellectual curiosity and its role in US college admissions with Matthew Jaskol and Brett Fuller from Pioneer Academics.

From the conversation, the following weblinks were referenced:

• Oberlin recently doubling the credit it awards to Pioneer Academics research scholars is explained on Oberlin’s website about the collaboration and the post about the doubling of credit here. 
• The push to publish been broadly publicized as being a ploy for wealthy students to make them look good is explored in this co-published article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed and ProPublica.

David is joined by Brendan McGroarty from Elite Rugby Scholars to discuss opportunities to explore rugby at US universities.

In this episode, we explore the world of high-school research projects. Dhruva Bhat of Lumiere Education is our guest.