The Summer Mindset Hurting Your Candidacy

For many students targeting top colleges, summer has become synonymous with college admissions. Summer programs, summer internships, and summer research are treated as though they are the key to building a competitive candidacy. In this episode, we challenge this common view and explain why students, parents, and the college admissions industry at large dramatically overestimate the importance of summer activities. We argue that exceptional candidates at top colleges build their resumes year-...