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.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email podcast@almamatters.io. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.