College Admissions Unplugged with Ashley Hill

Welcome to another episode of College Admissions Unplugged with Ashley Hill!

In this episode, we will focus on the significance of collaboration in helping your students to craft exceptional essays that leave a lasting impression on admissions officers. This episode features Dr. Irena Smith, a college admissions expert, who will equip you with valuable insights and strategies to enhance your collaboration skills and effectively support your students.

Join us as we delve into the key elements of successful collaboration between consultants and students. We'll explore the

• importance of establishing a solid foundation of trust and open communication
• creating a safe space for students to express themselves authentically
• techniques to effectively assess students' strengths, passions, and unique stories, ensuring that their essays truly reflect their identities and aspirations.

Let's dive in and empower students to create compelling narratives that open doors to their dream colleges!

Join Ashley Hill as she interviews Ryan Barba, MBA admissions consultant. After earning acceptance to a top-5 MBA program, Ryan earned his MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he received a full-tuition scholarship. Ryan has been an MBA Admissions consultant for more than 7 years. He and his team have helped more than 600 candidates get acceptances from the top-15 MBA programs. More than 60 students currently enrolled at HBS, Stanford GSB, and Wharton were past clients of Ryan and his team, and more than 94% of former clients earned at least one acceptance to a top-tier program. Ryan and his team take on a small number of clients each year, to ensure a very high level of accessibility and attention.

In this episode, Ryan discusses how the pandemic has impacted MBA admissions. He shares strategies on how you can still successfully gain admission into a top-tier business school.

You can connect with Ryan for more information about working with him to get into top-tier business schools below:

Join Ashley Hill as she interviews Dr. Blair Chance about the her path to her career in medicine. Dr. Chance shares tips on how to ace the MCAT, keeping a balanced life during and after medical school, the power of God in her life and career, and how she is utilizing her platform to educate others about living a healthy life.

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In this podcast episode, Ashley Hill, host of The Scholarship Chat, interviews Dr. Juan Garcia, founder and CEO of The Doctoral Support Team. Dr. Garcia shares his journey of obtaining his doctorate degree in education while juggling his family responsibilities to encourage you along your journey to your doctorate degree. Dr. Garcia draws on the experience of earning his Ed.D. in three years, more than a decade as a senior-level administrator in for-profit education, and nearly 20 years of teaching and coaching experience in both the public and private sectors. 

If you need assistance with earning your doctorate degree, Dr. Garcia and his team at The Doctoral Support Team help doctoral students (re)gain control of their lives, develop work habits that work for them, manage professional relationships, and get past the internal and external criticism that keeps them stuck.

You can connect with Dr. Garcia and his team below:

 As a graduate student, your income isn't always a consistent amount each month. It is crucial that you develop the right skills using the right tools to manage your money wisely. In this podcast episode, Tarra Jackson, an award winning International Speaker, best-selling Author, Spokesperson, Brand Ambassador and Financial Expert is going to give you the right tools to manage your bank account properly. Tarra Jackson inspires her audience to overcome financial challenges by giving simple strategic steps to help them reach their personal, professional and financial goals.

Tax season can be a challenging time for graduate students especially if there is a possibility that they will owe money to the IRS. Before you stress about your taxes any further, listen to this podcast episode with expert insight from CPA, CFP® professional, and Financial Advisor with over 21 years of experience, Sharif Muhammad. He breaks down how graduate students should prepare to file their taxes, how their financial aid packages can affect their tax filing, and when graduate students should hire a tax professional.

If you would like to contact Sharif about hiring him to advise you on your taxes, you can reach him in the following ways: