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Episode summary introduction: Making sense of the College News of the week curated by Alma Matters . Coronavirus continues to drive the news. Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take on the news. Topics discussed in this episode: California State Universities decide to go Online this Fall  [1:40] AP Online Test Bugs [7:11] Big Drop in Graduate Students [10:13] Our Guest: Shveta Baga...

Episode summary introduction: It was becoming clear to the University of Wisconsin Madison, that the Coronavirus was a real threat to the campus population. College leadership took quick action to evacuate the campus and continue the semester online. From his vantage point, the Chair of Physics Department, Dr Sridhara Dasu gives us an account on how it all went down. In particular, we discuss the...

Episode summary introduction: Making sense of the College News of the week curated by Alma Matters . Coronavirus continues to drive the news. Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take on the news. Topics discussed in this episode: Students suing Colleges for Tuition fee refunds  [1:09] Finding Summer Internships [5:48] ACT Test in June on? [9:33] Our Guest: Shveta Bagade, College Cou...

Episode summary introduction: A trip down memory lane with Dr Chandru Rajam, an educator and entrepreneur, as he shares his experiences and learnings studying, working and living in multiple countries. In particular, we discuss the following with him: Life as an academic The transition from academia to industry Working in the US and Asia The merits of studying abroad Topics discussed in this episo...

Episode summary introduction: Making sense of the College News of the week curated by Alma Matters . Coronavirus continues to drive the news. Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take on the news. Topics discussed in this episode: US Colleges under Financial Pressure  [ 2:09 ] International Students in limbo in US after campus closings [ 9:17 ] Our Guest: Shveta Bagade, College Couns...

Episode summary introduction: College campuses have closed due to Coronavirus. Students have gone back to different corners of the globe. They are finishing the second half of their spring semesters Online . How is that working out? In this Episode, we hear from an international student, Abhinav Sriram who is attending classes in Brown University from Chennai, India. In particular, we discuss the...

Episode summary introduction: Making sense of the College News of the week curated by Alma Matters . Coronavirus continues to drive the news . Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take on the news. Topics discussed in this episode: Fall Semester. On campus or Online?  [2:08] Gap Year. How to go about it? [6:19] SAT/ACT tests at home?  [9:16] Our Guest: Shveta Bagade, College Cou...

Episode summary introduction: Coronavirus was spreading, campus was shutting down. International students were hustling to get home before the borders closed. In this Episode, we hear from an international student from India, Kartikeye Khanna who luckily made it home. In particular, we discuss the following with him: How well online instruction is working for him? What needs to happen, so he can g...

Episode Title: College Applications? Think Differently in the COVID-19 world Episode summary introduction: As COVID-19 rolls and roils the globe, it is changing the US College landscape. Colleges are facing huge financial losses which could shake things up structurally. The students & families have challenges of their own which could upend their future plans.  In this Episode, we are focu...

COVID-19 is impacting everyones' lives. For the US College-bound, coronavirus has resulted in the standardized tests being cancelled or postponed. Some US Colleges are going Test Optional and social distancing is forcing the test prep industry to change. We are interested in answering two basic questions: How should the students respond to the uncertain testing landscape? How is the test prep indu...

COVID-19 has changed all our lives. We are sheltering at home. Our daily life and schedules are drastically altered. As a result days may seem longer. This is what we call Found Time - a consequence of our reconfigured daily schedules! Shevta Bagade, a College Counselor based in Silicon Valley, California takes time to share some great suggestions and ideas on how to capitalize on the time to make...

The Coronavirus has completely disrupted our lives. As we pick up the pieces and try to make sense of this, each one of us is trying to take some semblance of control. Ajan Subramanian is an international student from India and currently a senior at University of California, Irvine. Ajan shares how the students were informed about the University shutting down to combat the virus and how he is copi...