Episode summary introduction: There are over 5000 colleges and universities in the US. Each college and university offers a unique experience. A College Counselor’s role is to help find the right college for you.

Shveta Bagade is a College Counselor based in the Silicon Valley in California, shares her experiences and the philosophy that drives her.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• How Shveta got into Counseling
  
• Key Tenets and Elements of her counseling
  
• COVID-19 Fallout: For Students, Admissions and Counseling
  

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Counseling: Casual Start to Full Trot []
  
• The Experience so far []
  
• Success: Helping Students find their place []
  
• Types of Students []
  
• Getting Started with a Student []
  
• Managing Expectations []
  
• Upended by COVID-19 []
  
• Changing Face of College Admissions []
  
• Counseling in the New Normal []
  
• “Students are Resilient” []
  
• “Every Student has a College for them” []
  

Our Guest: Shveta Bagade is a College Counselor in Silicon Valley, California for the last 5 years. Shveta's students have been accepted into prestigious public colleges like the University of California colleges as well as elite private universities and liberal arts colleges.

Memorable Quote: “The foundation of every [College] Application is GPA, Scores and Extracurriculars.”

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