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Mar 2022
27m 34s

Lingo Bingo!

INSIDE THE YALE ADMISSIONS OFFICE
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The world of college admissions and financial aid is complicated enough to have its own extensive vocabulary. Hannah and Mark try to make learning this lingo a little more fun by turning it into a bingo game. Admissions officer Marty joins the podcast to square off against Hannah in a spirited competition to identify terms that admissions and financial aid officers aid use in their daily work.

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