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Episodes: 100
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
YouTube: 83.1k subscribers
Instagram: 46.0k followers
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Host
Ethan Sawyer - College admissions counselor and founder of College Essay Guy, known for helping students develop college applications and personal statements.
Tillie Gottlieb - Educator and creative producer with 15 years of experience in higher education admissions and counseling. She has served as a director of college counseling, USC admissions reader, independent educ...
Tom Campbell - Former admissions officer at Pomona College and the College of the Holy Cross who focuses on college admissions and the craft of personal storytelling.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Marie Bury Loew - Early Decision, Rural And Underserved Student Access, Admissions Trends, The STARS College Network, And Questions Students And Counselors Should Ask Colleges.
Adam Miller - College Affordability, Financial Aid Transparency, The High-tuition High-aid Model, The Whitman 10% Promise, Scholarships, And Expanding Access To Selective Colleges.
Lavon Robinson - Personal Statement Development, Essay Coaching, Writing About Relationships And Neurodiversity, Brainstorming, And Balancing Another Person’s Story With The Student’s Own Experience.
Anna - A Live Review Of Her Personal Statement, Activities List, Yale Supplemental Essays, Test-optional Application Strategy, And Refining Application Responses.
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719: Tools for Navigating Ambiguity in Times of Uncertainty: A Conversation with NACAC CEO Angel Perez
September 29, 2026
Hi, friends, and welcome back to the College Essay Guy podcast. This episode is a fireside chat with Angel Pérez, the CEO of NACAC (the National Association for College Admission Counseling), someone who was named by Forbes as the most influential voice in college admissions. Not long ago, Angel was discussing in an interview his book The Hottest Seat on Campus: A Roadmap for Mastering Leadership in College Admission, and he mentioned that if he could add one more chapter to his book, he'd wr...
717: A USC Admission Officer on Early Decision, Rural Student Access, and What She Wishes Students Would Ask with Marie Bury Loew
September 01, 2026
Hi there and welcome back to the podcast! I'm Tillie Gottlieb, a senior college counselor and content specialist here at CEG. I am delighted to be a guest host today as part of our series interviewing admission officers. We're getting to know more about this hardworking, thoughtful group of professionals whose job it is to build college communities and shape the culture of our higher education institutions - talk about high pressure! Hearing about their own journeys through the education sys...
716: Making the Price of College Make Sense with Adam Miller
August 18, 2026
Welcome back to the podcast! I'm Tillie Gottlieb, a senior college counselor and content specialist here at CEG. This season, we're sitting down with admission officers to hear their real stories. I spent years on that side of the desk myself, and one thing I want listeners to walk away with is this: these aren't gatekeepers deciding your fate. They're people trying to build a class and a community, often inside a system that feels chaotic from every angle. So over the next few weeks, we're g...
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