Andy Borst

Andy Borst,  Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, shares tips on nurturing and managing relationships with the media (with hat-tips to Scott Jaschik and Eric Hoover). Andy also shares his morning routine (itself a pro tip) as well as the origins of his name, which we somehow accidentally trip over early in the episode.

Rapid Descent

• Walkout song:  Know Your Enemy by Green Day
• Best recent read: The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions by Tim Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown
• Eager to read next: Campus Economics: How Economic Thinking Can Help Improve College and University Decisions by Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson
• Favorite podcast(s): The Truth About College Admission, the  new podcast by Rick Clark and Brennan Barnard. 
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Crab boil
• What he uses to take and keep notes: leather-bound notebook stuffed with Post-it notes.
• Memorable bit of advice: No-one owns the university loyalty.
• Bucket list: Write a book about college admission.

Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.