The Truth about College Admission Johns Hopkins Press

With finals season approaching at colleges across the country, Rick and Brennan are joined by Dr. Beth Cabrera, an organizational psychologist and author specializing in positive psychology and well-being, to go through her admission journey, her advice on how to maintain healthy relationships during the college application process, and practical ways to make that process smoother for kids and families.

Links:
Beth's TEDx Talk at George Mason
Beth Cabrera's website
Beth's Twitter Page

Where You'll Go Is Not Who You'll Be - Frank Bruni
David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell 

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Dr. Beth Cabrera
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan are joined by experienced strategy consultant and master of college sports data graphics on Twitter, Tony Altimore, to discuss the landscape of college athletics in relation to admission, how the transfer portal can help or hurt students in their academic journey, and what the oncoming demographic cliff can mean for schools that rely on athletics.

Links:

Tony Altimore's Twitter page
Demographic Cliff chart - Tony Altimore

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Tony Altimore
Production: Jack Purdy

With Brennan on vacation, Rick gets his first one on one interview of season 2, talking with David Hawkins from NACAC about his admission experience, the lastest effects from the FAFSA delay, and how to frame to the general public why college is an important piece to a functioning community.

Links:
David Hawkins' profile
Just Equations

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: David Hawkins
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With Rick out chauferring a youth soccer team, Brennan gets a one on one with Dr. Lisa Damour, clinical psychologist, 3x New York Times best seller, host of the Ask Lisa podcast to talk about the added stress the college search process brings, how to deal with that stress, and where families can potentially be freed up to be more happy during and after the process.

Links:
Lisa Damour's website
Lisa's early admission Instagram video
A panel on supporting youth mental health (feat. Lisa) - Harvard + Making Caring Common Project
CGN "Teenagers Decoded" Registration

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Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: Dr. Lisa Damour
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan this week are joined by Candice Mackey, College Counselor at
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies and Co-Chair of the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s Public School Counselor Group. They talk about her experience going through college, what keeping an open mind in the search process can do for a student, and going through important conversations with your family unit early to ensure everyone is on the same page during the entire college search process.

Links:

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Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: Candice Mackey
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TJ Snowden, the Chief of Staff for the President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, joins Rick and Brennan to go through his admissions experience when he was choosing a college, explaining what institutional prorities are and how to find them, along with advice for juniors and parents of juniors heading into their college application cycle.

Links:

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Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: TJ Snowden
Production: Jack Purdy