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Tim Fields

Tim Fields

Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admission at Emory University; co-author of The Black Families Guide to College Admissions

Jun 29, 2026

16:18
And so when it comes to the rankings and people just looking at the top 25, what would you say to students and families to help them reduce that stress that I believe many times is self-imposed?
16:30
Yeah.
16:31
So, I mean, that's an excellent question, John.
16:33
And, you know, this is near and dear to me with not only my work here at Emory, but other work that we do throughout our profession.
16:41
And so what I would say is, you know, I was at a... talk a couple years ago, a young lady raised her hand.
16:49
It was in the Northeast, I believe Connecticut.
16:52
And the young lady was like, colleges are so hard to get into.

7 MINS LATER

23:36
Am I making any sense to him?

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