Author: Barnard Brennan
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: Illustrated
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 240
Details: Review
Helpful, candid, and pragmatic.
―Atlanta Journal Constitution
THE admission guidebook for families that will take them through the entire college admissions process.
―Grown & Flown
We absolutely love this new release by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark . . . Without question, this book can help get students and parents in the right mindset to launch into the college process.
―College Transitions
In a time when the college admission process seems fraught with mystery, anxiety, and competitiveness, this book achieves something most college guides don’t: it balances the why with the how. The authors guide students and families through the deeper questions of why they want to go to college and what they hope to achieve. They then demystify the process and provide tactical and solutions-driven support for a student’s journey to higher education. Barnard and Clark do an excellent job of helping students negotiate the emotional aspects of college admission as well as the practical. If you are looking for a book to help you navigate the admission process with passion and purpose, this is the one.
―Angel B. Pérez, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success, Trinity College
Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark make a stressful decision more sane, understandable, and educationally useful. This book is needed because misinformation and a cacophony of noise about college admission are hurting students.
―Jerome A. Lucido, Executive Director, University of Southern California Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice
This approachable book, which includes a great diversity of professionals who provide observations and advice, feels like a real, extended conversation. Barnard and Clark have crafted a terrific collaboration from both sides of the admission desk. On an all-too-crowded bookshelf of ‘how-to’ manuals for college admission, this book offers a much-needed step-by-step journey to a successful outcome for students and their families.
―William T. Conley, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Bucknell University
The college admission ritual can be a joyful opportunity for reflection and discovery. With insight, empathy, and wit, Barnard and Clark empower families to tune out the noise, own the journey, and focus on what really matters in a lived college experience.
―Mark Moody, Director of College Counseling, Shanghai American School, Puxi Campus
A MUST-read for students applying to college and their parents! Come along and share the authors’ meaningful personal and professional stories, which will help you think through the entire process, including why you are doing what you are doing and how to make it all less stressful. I recommend this book highly to the students and families with whom I work.
―Nancy Beane, Associate Director of College Counseling, Westminster
At a time when the college search is too often defined as an anxious process by frazzled parents and students, Barnard and Clark come along with an invaluable, clear-headed guide for navigating the search and finding the right fit. This is a practical roadmap filled with tactical tips from two insiders that should be on the shelf of every high-school counselor; it is a must-read for parents and students before they ever set foot on a campus tour.
―Jeffrey J. Selingo, author of Who Gets In and Why: A Year inside College Admissions
At last, a book about the college admission process that doesn’t promise secret tips for admission (hint―there are none!) but instead provides advice from two respected and experienced professionals. If families are looking for how to manage the college admission process in an ethical, thoughtful, student-centered way, this book provides an important road map written in a way that even the most reluctant student will find engaging.
―Thyra L. Briggs, Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, Harvey Mudd College
In a field that is sometimes viewed as nearly as much art as science and often fraught with misinformat
Release Date: 10-09-2019
Package Dimensions: 18x252x476
