What If We Could Finally See Inside the Black Box of College Admissions? - with Braden Weissman & Cooper Weissman, Co-founders, Nerd Apply

Braden Weissman and Cooper Weissman

Mar 27, 2026 43 min

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How did 2 brothers who were Pell Grant recipients from Arizona public schools build the largest qualitative data set in college admissions history with 140,000 applications?
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Why did taking $20,000 in credit card debt & leaving Dartmouth & Miami medical school force them to go all in on taking chaos out of college admissions?
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What makes 19% of students writing about mental health struggles in essays the kind of visibility that can empower policymakers to make real decisions for the next generation?

In this episode, sponsored by the ELIVE 2026 Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the HigherEd PodCon II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog

How did 2 brothers who were Pell Grant recipients from Arizona public schools build the largest qualitative data set in college admissions history with 140,000 applications?
Why did taking $20,000 in credit card debt & leaving Dartmouth & Miami medical school force them to go all in on taking chaos out of college admissions?
What makes 19% of students writing about mental health struggles in essays the kind of visibility that can empower policymakers to make real decisions for the next generation?

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