Duke University: Interview with Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions

Hold Me Back: Son and Father Change the Conversation

Aidan and Ash ElDifrawi

Parenting, Generationaldivide, Aidaneldifrawi, Asheldifrawi, Kids & Family, Holdmeback, Genxgenz, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2022

⏱️ 133 minutes

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In this extensive and candid interview, Aidan and Ash spend time with the brilliant and dynamic leader of Duke's undergraduate admissions, Christoph Guttentag. Mr. Guttentag has been with Duke for 29 years, and served as the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions since 2006. During his tenure, the Duke student body has seen significant increases in diversity, creativity, and inclusiveness while maintaining its standards of excellence. Join Aidan and Ash in a fun, lively, and incredibly illuminating interview with one of the most respected leaders in the global admissions community. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

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0:43.7	Welcome to Hold Me Back in the College Emission Series. Today we have our second interview
0:48.6	in the series, but our first with a dean of emissions. I know this is going to be great. This
0:52.7	was awesome. I know what you guys are thinking because you're seeing that this is a two-hour
0:57.5	episode and you're thinking you downloaded a Joe Rogan episode, right? But the reality is,
1:03.1	this is going to be worth your time. We spent several really engaging hours with this guest.
1:08.9	And it was by far one of the most insightful, candid, dynamic, and actually really funny interviews
1:15.5	that we had. Yes, he was a blast. And we could not have chosen a better dean of emissions or,
1:20.9	frankly, a better university to start with than this one. Okay, so let's get into it and introduce
1:26.4	our guest, Christophe Gutentag, who is the current dean of undergraduate admissions at Duke
1:31.5	University. He actually came to Duke in 1992 as the director of undergraduate emissions.
1:37.8	And in 2006, he was named a dean. Yeah, and he's been there for 29 years, so he has
1:43.2	shepherded Duke through quite a growth and transformation during his time there. The student body
1:48.6	has seen huge growth in diversity, creativity, inclusiveness, and has risen to clearly one of
1:55.4	the top schools in the country, incredibly respected. And he has been a huge part of making that happen.
2:01.9	And on top of that, he has a really interesting background, which really showed through in the
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