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Ep. 1: American Boarding Schools Listen to and/or download podcast episode 1: American Boarding Schools, featuring Nicholas Daen, at http://aic-edu.tumblr.com/post/57327615228. [03:50] NICK: I think [boarding schools and liberal arts colleges] are both schools that care a great deal about community, getting to know one another, and participating in small classrooms. Its just a really unique environment to haveteachersteachingtoaclassroomoftentotwelvestudentsandforcing you to think critically, orally, and engaging with their classmates every day. Theres no showing up to class having not done the reading without being foundout. [06:41] LYNDA: It definitely seems like boarding school provides traditionsquirky traditionsthatpublicschoolstudentsmissouton. NICK: We didnt have prom, which was certainly unique, but we had other things that definitely stick with you. And going back for reunions five years afterwards is pretty fun because people remain pretty close and are doing similarthingslaterinlife,sothatsniceaswell. [07:45] NICK: [Boarding schools] really take the time to interview and read each application really carefully. I think they definitely epitomize the idea that applicants need to know they are more than test scores. Certainly, a studentgoingtomyschool,[NorthfieldMountHerman]needstoknowthat theyre going have to participate inwork jobs every week.And I think there are similar traditions at all these other schools, just as there are at colleges and universities, so its really important to understand the school that youreapplyingto. [10:07] NICK:Butcertainly,collegesanduniversitiesintheU.S.seeboardingschool applicants as having really strong foundations. Theyre not just academic foundations, but they go through academics, or athletics extracurricular and leadership opportunities. And in this way, really turn themselves into studentsthataregoingtosucceedincollegeanduniversity. http://www.jq-edu.com/ 1

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[10:44] NICK: I guess my biggest piece of advice to [Chinese boarding school] applicants]istrustyourselfthroughouttheapplicationprocess.Allstudents are unique. I mean, we all do similar types of activities, whether its Model U.N. or volunteering at a community center on the weekends, but we have ourowninsightstoprovide.AndIreallygiveadmissionsofficerscreditthat, and trust them in the belief that they want to get to know you through the application process they are looking for the personalities that are really going to be productive members of the community. So if you trust yourself, you'll stand out with you honesty and genuine aspirations to go and somethingamazing.

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PODCAST VOCABULARY
Ep. 1: American Boarding Schools Listen to and/or download podcast episode 1: American Boarding Schools, featuring Nicholas Daen, at http://aic-edu.tumblr.com/post/57327615228. sheer(adj.) used to emphasize the large amount, size, or degree of something; completeandtotal;verysteep,almoststraightupanddown [1:04] NICK: We went to the national park instead, and walked around these amazingmountainsthatwerejustSHEERrockfaces. protagonist(n.) the main character in a novel, play, movie, etc.; an important person whoisinvolvedinacompetition,conflict,orcause [01:34] LYNDA: Theres always a segment where the PROTAGONIST goes on a soulsearchingtripandhealwaysendsupattheShaolinTemple. WilliamsCollege(n.) A private liberal arts college located in Massachusetts; ranked first amongliberalartscollegesbytheU.S.Newsfortenconsecutiveyears areas of study (such as history, language, and literature) that are intendedtogiveyougeneralknowledge liberalarts(n.) NICK: After graduating from Northfield Mount Herman, I went to WILLIAMS COLLEGE. So I stuck with the theme of going to a LIBERAL [03:18] ARTS oriented school. I had a great time at Williams. I ended up doublemajoringinbiologyandhistory,andreallylovingtheschool. vivid(adj.) seeming like real life because it is very clear, bright, or detailed; very brightincolor [06:37] NICK:Stufflikethat(talkingaboutboardingschoolexperiences)isstuff thatisstillveryVIVIDinmymind. http://www.jq-edu.com/ 3

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quirky(adj.) unusual,especiallyinaninterestingorappealingway [06:41] LYNDA: It definitely seems that boarding schools provide more traditionsQUIRKYtraditionsthatpublicstudentsmissouton. epitomize(v.) tobeaperfectexampleorrepresentationofsomething [07:50] NICK: They (the boarding school admissions officers) definitely EPITOMIZE the idea that applicants should be more than just test scores. squash(n.) a game played by two people with rackets and a rubber ball in a court withfourwalls;(differentuseoftheword)atypeofvegetablethathas ausuallyhardskinandthatiseatencooked [08:15] NICK: We also got to see the amazing new developments that these schools have, some absolutely gorgeous art centers or dorms or athleticcentersorSQUASHcourts,etc. fraud(n.) the crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person; a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in ordertotrickpeople [08:43] NICK: We had talked to admissions officers that were visiting here in China. What they mentioned was a lot of FRAUD, especially in high schoolapplicants. genuine(adj.) actual,real,ortrue:notfalseorfake;sincereandhonest [11:19] NICK: If you trust yourself, I think youll stand out with your honesty, yourGENUINEaspirations.
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