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Kate fell into College Counseling due to what she calls “a happy accident”. Kate just followed her first year roommate into an interview to be a campus tour guide. She wasn’t interested in doing the interview.

But an aggressive future Dean persuaded her to do the interview.

Many happy accidents later, Kate is the Director of Counseling at The Overlake School.

On our podcast, Kate talks about her background, The Overlake School, counseling approach and challenges, managing expectations, and her advice for high school students.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

• Kate Asgari’s Background
• Approach to College Counseling
• Challenges & Managing Expectations
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Kate Asgari, Overlake School []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Professional Background []
• Overlake School []
• Approach to College Counseling []
• Challenges []
• Dream & Fit []
• Managing Expectations []
• Test Optional []
• Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Kate Asgari is the Director of College Counseling and Associate Dean for Grades 11 & 12 at Overlake School, Redmond WA.

Memorable Quote: “...what we witnessed in that Test Optional landscape is overwhelming choices that a student faces. And every school having its own policy and way by which those test scores get submitted.” Kate Asgari.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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