Vicki and Elizabeth were excited in the episode to welcome college admission experts Rick Clark and Brennan Barnard to talk about their book, “The Truth About College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together.” This book cuts through the noise, misinformation, and unhealthy pressure surrounding college admissions. While acknowledging the admission system system isn’t perfectly “fair,” Rick and Brennan believe understanding it empowers families to navigate it wisely. We were especially impressed by the family focus on practical wisdom for preserving relationships, fostering healthy communication, and maintaining perspective throughout one of life’s major transitions. Join us to discover why the truth about college admission might be the most liberating thing your entire family needs to hear.
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We were happy to have Rick Clark and Brennan Barnard join us today to talk about their book The Truth About College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together. While this book is about all of the important admission topics students and families need to know, it is even more about how families can get through this process together – and even stronger than before. As they put it, they want to, “reassure families that the most important thing is each other, and that being close and listening to each other is way more important than some bumper sticker.”
Brennan’s work in high school college counseling and Rick’s work in undergraduate admissions have given them the opportunity to see hundreds of students and families and they observed what works and what has caused families to struggle. They share those important lessons in their book.
Rick and Brennan spoke about how much misinformation is out there about college admission and their efforts to combat some of those myths that circulate. This is the “Truth” of the title of their book. If students and families have accurate information they will be better able to navigate this process.
When parents ask how they can help and participate in this process, Rick likes to let them know greatest gift they can give is perspective. They also talked about how much admission has changed since parents were in college. Rick emphasized that this journey isn’t linear – students take many different paths – and often storytelling is the way we can understand these journeys.
We learned more about counselors and consultants and what their role can be in the process and what to avoid.
You can learn more about Rick and Brennan and contact them on their website, truthaboutcollegeadmission.com and hear more from them on their Truth in College Admission podcast.
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