UC Santa Barbara: Lisa Przekop, Admissions Director on Reading 110K Applications, Happy Students and UG Focus.

Published: July 18, 2020, 8:28 p.m.

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Since becoming part of the University of California system in 1944, University of California Santa Barbara has become one of the premier Public Universities in the world. 110K Students from all over the world applied study at UC Santa Barbara this year.

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Lisa Przekop, Director of Admissions at UC Santa Barbara shares an insider\\u2019s view on the school, students and applications. Join the UC Santa Barbara Mailing List for updates.

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In particular, we discuss the following with Lisa:

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  • The University of California Santa Barbara
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  • What is UC Santa Barbara looking for their Students?
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  • COVID-19 Impact on UC Santa Barbara & Admissions
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Topics discussed in this episode:

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  • UC Santa Barbara - Amazing Location [2:17]
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  • \\u201cWhat are you looking for in Students?\\u201d [6:10]
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  • How did Lisa Przekop get into College Admissions? [10:17]
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  • Students Then and Now [14:19]
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  • Impact of COVID-19 [17:11]
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  • Fall 2020 and COVID-19 [20:00]
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  • Making Care Common Project [25:18]
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  • Is the Nature of College Applications Changing? [29:43]
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  • A Plea to Students [38:09]
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Our Guest: Lisa Przekop is the Director, Office of Admissions at University of California Santa Barbara. Lisa is a UCSB alumna with bachelor\\u2019s degree in Development and Experiment Psychology and Master\\u2019s in Education.

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Memorable Quote: \\u201cI stepped on campus and decided I was never going to leave\\u201d, Lisa Przekop said of UC Santa Barbara.

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Episode Transcript: Please visit this episode\\u2019s transcript.

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