Tom Stepkoski’s Takeaways from Podcast Stories: Lorena of Davidson College, Aidan of UCLA, and Avinash of Princeton.

Tom Stepkoski’s Takeaways from Podcast Stories: Lorena of Davidson College, Aidan of UCLA, and Avinash of Princeton.

Author: Venkat Raman November 14, 2024 Duration: 30:04

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In this series of episodes, College Counselors share their takeaways from College Alumni and Student stories featured in this Podcast.

Tom Stepkoski picked the 3 episodes from “College Vignettes Tell Tales”, my handbook for sophomores and juniors.

In this episode, Tom shares his takeaways from Podcast episodes with Lorena of Davidson College, Aidan of UCLA, and Avinash of Princeton.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Tom Stepkoski, Westhill High School, CT []
  • 3 Podcast Stories and Takeaways []
  • A Question or Two to Reflect on []
  • The Process of Picking 3 Stories []
  • Closing Thoughts []

Our Guest: Tom Stepkoski is the Career and College Counselor at Westhill High School in Stamford, Connecticut. In addition, Tom also runs Tom Step Coaching for Personal Development.

Memorable Quote: “And I'm sure that you know, you've heard me say before on your podcast, that kids love to listen to kids. And I say kids, you know, I'm referring to students of 16, 17, 18, years old, or primarily, they're juniors in high school, and they're starting to look at colleges.” Tom Stepkoski.

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