The College Admission Series (CAS): Introduction

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

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The college admissions process has become increasingly filled with uncertainty and stress for millions of families. In this multi-part series, Aidan and Ash interview the admission leaders of several renowned universities in an effort to demystify the admissions process so families can navigate through it in a healthy and rewarding manner. This episode reveals eye-opening data and sets the context for upcoming interviews with admission leaders from Cornell, Duke, Georgia Tech, TCU, and a nationally respected college counselor. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

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0:00.0	only 10 or 11% of candidates who have perfect test scores and perfect GPAs actually get into
0:07.8	the school actually got into the school think about that like perfect in every way yet want out
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0:59.7	welcome back to hold me back today we have the first episode of several that we're going to be
1:05.3	having on college admissions yeah and i don't think i've ever seen you as am top for a topic
1:10.8	well yeah this is by far the most requested topic yeah by parents and teens right yeah and
1:15.5	also for me i'm going into the second half of my junior year that's right so a lot of this
1:19.8	applies to me directly yeah and i'm going to make a bold statement here and because of all the topics
1:24.7	we've covered so far none of them have had the impact on me as much as this one in terms of new
1:30.3	knowledge and completely changing my perspective on a particular area well i actually want to out
1:35.7	bold you all right so to speak here and say i think that this series of episodes has the potential
1:41.3	to have the most impact on other people of any of our episodes yeah in what way well two ways okay
1:47.9	one i think this will help reduce a lot of these stress and anxiety that causes a lot of the mental
1:53.0	health problems around the admissions process okay and two i think it'll help people achieve
1:57.9	their admissions goals better i 100% agree with you aiden but we've referenced a couple times a
2:03.6	series of episodes right so why don't we take a second to help our listeners understand what we
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