To wrap up the 2023 slate, Jennifer Wallace, award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling book Never Enough: When Achievement Pressure Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It, joins Rick and Brennan to talk about achievement pressure, creating a haven within the home during important times in a child's life, and why mattering matters.

Links:
Jennifer Wallace's Website
The Mattering Movement
VIA Character Strength Survey

Brennan's Admission Guides
A Relative's Guide to Holiday Admission - Forbes
A College Admission Holiday: The Friends And Family Guide - Forbes
College Admission Indigestion: An Applicant's Guide to Nausea Free Holidays - HuffPost

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Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: Jennifer Wallace
Production: Jack Purdy

Ashley Pallie, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Chief Admissions Officer at Caltech, joins Rick and Brennan this week to talk about her introduction to higher ed admissions, what she's done to help bring equitable admissions intiatives to the forefront, why they do holistic review at Caltech, and the early returns on doing test-free application reviews.

Links:

Why Calculus Remains a Math Flash Point - EducationWeek
No calculus? No problem at Caltech - Inside Higher Ed

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Ashley Pallie
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan are joined by Elizabeth Hamblet learning disabilities Consultant and author of “Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities.” The trio discuss her college journey, what they would prioritize and seek out during a college search, and their recommendations for engaging with disabilities services at your campus.

Links:

Elizabeth's Website (Consulting, Books, etc.)
Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities ebook

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Elizabeth Hamblet
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan are joined by Jeff Neill, Director of College Counseling at Graded, the American School of São Paolo, to discuss how he has begun to interweave AI into his work life, what it's meant for how he manages his time, and how others can approach AI as a thought partner.

Links:

Tech-Neill-ogy Newsletter
How to use an AI chatbot to help you get into college - Khan Academy
How to use an AI chatbot to help you draft a college admissions essay - Khan Academy

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Jeff Neill
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan this week welcome Ron Lieber,  the bestselling author of “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make,” and New York Times “Your Money” columnist. The trio discuss how Ron got into the world of college financial aid, the secret of merit aid, and how he would approach defining success parameters for those making a college selection.

Links:

Ron Lieber's Website
"How Do I Pay for College?" - NYT
Merit Aid Course Website

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Ron Lieber
Production: Jack Purdy

Rick and Brennan are joined by Eric Maguire, the Vice President for Enrollment at Wake Forest University to discuss the initiatives Eric has undertaken to expand early decision options for first generation students, how he approaches college rankings, and gives his advice about diving into the college selection process.

Links:

Wake Forest's new First Gen Early Action Option

GT Blog on Admission DEADlines

I'm First- resources for First Gen students.

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Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
Guest: Eric Maguire
Production: Jack Purdy

This week, President and CEO of the Common Application, Jenny Rickard, joins Rick and Brennan to talk about how her career path lead her into admissions, what the Common Application is doing to identify trends in their data sets, expanding direct admissions standards to more colleges, and how they plan to address AI.

Links:

https://www.diverseeducation.com/reports-data/article/15543809/new-study-explores-the-25-of-students-who-start-but-never-finish-the-common-app

Common App Blog
Common App Research Papers and Insights

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Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: Jenny Rickard
Production: Jack Purdy

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To open season 2 of The Truth about College Admission, Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark are joined by Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, to discuss the current state of how AI is impacting the college admissions process, how currently it is being implemented in admissions reading rooms, how it can be effectively used to improve essays, and what the future might hold with better trained AI.

Links:
https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-labs

 https://www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/aug/27/chatgpt-ai-disadvantaged-college-applicants-affirmative-action

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/business/college-admissions-essay-ai-chatbots.html

Georgia Tech's Statement on AI

Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Guest: Sal Khan
Production: Jack Purdy

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Season 2 of The Truth about College Admission podcast is here! This season, our hosts Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark bring on another great roster of guests to discuss many of the current topics dominating the college admissions space, from AI to testing to the recent Supreme Court case. Along with those topics, this season will once again bring insight from working face to face with high school students and counselors, advice on how to understand what colleges are thinking and doing when they recruit prospective students, and guidance on how to have healthy conversations for families going through the admissions process.

On September 5, 2023, the second edition of the Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark's book, The Truth about College Admissions, is available to purchase at Johns Hopkins University Press, Amazon, or wherever you buy your books.
The Truth about College Admission website includes details about speaking engagements, books, podcast, other writing, resources, and more.

The Truth about College Admissions is exclusively sponsored by Johns Hopkins University Press, and in partnership with Grown and Flown.

Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
Production: Jack Purdy

https://www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/

Join hosts Rick and Brennan in an engaging episode of "The Truth About College Admission" as they're joined by David Joyner to delve into the fascinating and ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in academics and college admission.

David Joyner is Executive Director of Online Education & OMSCS in Georgia Tech's College of Computing. | https://www.davidjoyner.net/

Read David's recent tweet thread about the language he's adopting in his course syllabi regarding AI assistants  | https://twitter.com/DrDavidJoyner/status/1657569489330876417