127: What It Really Takes To Get Into College with Dr. Aviva Legatt

The Teen Life Coach

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4.6 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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We are so privileged to have Dr. Aviva Legatt on the podcast today to share some of her invaluable advice! Dr. Legatt is a college admissions expert who has amazing insight on getting into college and the application process. Her book is a must read for any student applying to college! ig: @avivalegatt website: https://ivyinsight.com/ book: https://ivyinsight.com/get-real-and-get-in/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Teen Life Coach podcast.
0:08.5	I'm your host Sammy and today we have a special guest and we are talking to Dr. Aviva
0:13.8	Leggett.
0:16.0	Hey guys, welcome to the podcast today.
0:19.4	I have a special guest on today and her name is Dr. Aviva
0:23.6	Leggett and she is the author of Get Real and Get In how to get into the College of Your Dreams by
0:31.0	being your authentic self. And she is here to talk to us all about the college admissions process.
0:38.0	So welcome Dr. Leggett.
0:40.2	Go ahead and introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your book.
0:45.0	Sammy, thank you so much for having me.
0:46.6	And it's great to be here.
0:48.4	So again, I'm Dr. Viva Leggett.
0:50.5	I am the founder of Ivy Insight, the author of Get Real and Get In.
0:54.5	The reason I founded my company and wrote this book is because of my own experience as a
0:59.8	teen.
1:00.5	I had a very challenging time applying to college.
1:03.6	I went to a very high pressure high school.
1:06.0	I was not native to the community where I went and I was struggling to keep up in this environment.
1:12.5	And what I did to combat that was I just said, okay, I'm going to focus on getting into the
1:17.4	college of my dreams and just put all of my eggs in that basket.
1:21.4	So spent a lot of time looking at NYU, which was my top choice college, going to different
1:27.1	information sessions,
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