Admissions Beat

Lee Coffin

Booking Overview

An interview-led college admissions and higher-education guidance show featuring senior admissions leaders, counselors, researchers, authors, and education executives as external guests. Credible pitches would include college admissions experts, higher-education leaders, experienced counselors, and researchers or authors offering practical guidance on applications, financial aid, student transitions, and belonging; booking is likely high difficulty for marquee guests but attainable for established specialists.

Metrics

Episodes: 138

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.8k subscribers

Instagram: 35.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

admissionsbeat@dartmouth.edu

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Host

Lee Coffin - Vice President and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid at Dartmouth College with 30 years of experience as an admissions leader at prestigious higher-education institutions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior college admissions or higher-education leaders, experienced college counselors, education-organization executives, researchers, authors, and journalists with established expertise in admissions, student transitions, or college life.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of prominent higher-education or college-access organizations, Published books or research on education, admissions, student development, or belonging, Senior professional experience advising students or shaping college application systems, Recognized journalism or public commentary on college admissions and higher education

Recent Guest Discussions

Jenny Rickard - Common App Strategy, Personal Narratives, Application Components, And Preparing Students To Apply With Clarity And Confidence.

Janice McCabe - Friendship Formation, Belonging, And The Social Transition Students Experience When Entering College.

Jacques Steinberg - College Visits, Evaluating Campus Fit, Filtering Admissions Coverage, Authenticity, And Self-advocacy During The Application Process.

Recent Topics

Education, College Admissions, College Applications, Financial Aid, College Counseling

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Admissions Beat

Misinformation on the Suburban Social Circuit

September 29, 2026

"Information" floods a college search from many spigots, not all of which are reliable or helpful. Each September, social media feeds erupt with advice and comment from various "expert" sources while parental social gatherings and pick-up lines at school are hot spots for admissions news and commentary. This week, four longtime college counselors from Fairfield County in Connecticut, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore, and Denver join AB host Lee Coffin for a listener-inspired conversation that redir...

One App, Many Options

September 22, 2026

In the Season 10 premiere, Common App CEO Jenny Rickard returns to AB for a back-to-school primer on the application used by over 1,100 colleges around the world. Fifty years since it debuted, the Common App has become "the passport for entry" into most selective institutions, and its elements represent the building blocks for a student's personal narrative. "Approach the Common App with clarity and confidence," Dartmouth's dean and AB host advises.

Odds and Ends

June 02, 2026

In a "listener mailbag" bonus episode, Jen Simons from Bright Horizons College Coach joins AB host Lee Coffin to answer an array of listener questions. The mailbag queries spark riffs on a wide range of admissions topics from applying to college as a twin to the option of a state honors college to interpreting newsfeed posts about 2026 acceptance rates, the "new Ivies," and "over-rated" colleges. And the longtime friends and colleagues touch a few topics no one asked them to discuss!

Publicly listed emails

admissionsbeat@dartmouth.edu

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