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    Education

    The Truth about College Admission

    The college admission experience can be overwhelming and complicated. This podcast helps students and the adults who support them cut through the noise around searching for, applying to, and deciding on a college. In each episode, you can expect guests who are national experts working in the field of college admission and enrollment who will give you honest takes, helpful perspective, and in many cases some much needed levity and solace. https://www.truthaboutcollegeadmission.com/

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    Season 5 Trailer Sep 15, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and Rick are back from full summers and ready to kick off Season 5 (!) of The Truth About College Admission Podcast. The pair dig into what they've been doing lately and what they're looking forward to this upcoming season, and dispel a couple admissions myths.


    The Truth About College Admission Newsletter


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About This Year in College Admission Jun 30, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and Rick wrap up season three of The Truth About College Admission Podcast with their favorite moments from the season, what they are looking forward to this summer, what they want to see change in the next year in the college admission landscape, and their words of the year.


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    The Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    Private College 529 Plan

    The Truth About College Admission w/Juan Espinoza

    The Truth About College Admission w/Emily Pacheco

    Mattering - Wallace

    The Value of College - CGN Roundtable

    "Gen Z Wants To Do Good" - Harvard/Making Caring Common

    Arizona State London

    "Faster, Thinner" - The Hechinger Report


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About Summer College Visits - McKinnon, Tan, and Clark Jun 22, 2026
    Show notes

    Rick is joined by Moira McKinnon (Director of College Counseling and Postecondary Planning at Burwick Academy), Pamela Tan (Director of Admissions at Cornell University), and Gary Clark (Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management at UCLA) to talk about the unique benefits that summer college visits can provide and how as parents being in the college admissions world has affected their outlook on the process.


    LINKS:

    Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    Private College 529 Plan


    Hosts: Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard

    Guests: Gary Clark, Moira McKinnon, Pamela Tan

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About AI and Admission Review - Emily Pacheco May 19, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and Rick are joined by Emily Pacheco, a Community Organizer for Imperial College London, to talk about AI through the whole application and admission process from how students can use it, how parents should approach guiding their students through using, how admissions offices have found useful ways in the admission process, and how college level leadership has reacted to AI's adaption.


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    The Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    Private College 529 Plan

    Visit Brennan & Rick in Boston

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    CalTech Ethical Use of AI Policy

    Georgia Tech First Year Application Review Policy

    The Truth About AI and Essay Reading - TACA with Juan Espinoza

    "Why Transparency is the White Whale of College Admissions" - Chronicle


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Guest: Emily Pacheco

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About The College Finder - Dr. Steven R. Antonoff & Jay McCann May 05, 2026
    Show notes

    Rick is joined by Dr. Steven Antonoff and Jay McCann, the authors of the The College Finder, 5th Edition, to talk about the purpose of their book, how prestige impacts the college search process, recogizing what fit can mean for students, and why counselors are so valuable to the college search process.


    LINKS

    The Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    Private College 529 Plan

    College Finder

    The Application Trail

    College Admission Speaker Series - Khan Lab School


    Host: Rick Clark

    Guests: Dr. Steven R. Antonoff & Jay McCann

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About Choosing a College - Anna Follensbee Apr 13, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and Rick are joined by Anna Follenbee, the Associate Director (and soon to be Director) of College Counseling at Gilman, to talk about the current period in admissions of students choosing a college, advice for what to do now in that selection process, what parents can do to be supportive, the dynamics of the waitlist, and the importance of college responsiveness in this period.


    LINKS

    Truth About College Admission Podcast

    Private College 529 Plan

    "Choosing a College: Is It Right?" - The Application Trail

    "Choosing a College: Advice From Admission Experts" - The Application Trail

    "Ask This Before You Choose a College" - The Application Trail


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Guest: Anna Follensbee

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About College Pathways - Kelley Lips Mar 17, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and Rick are joined by Kelley Lips, Associate Vice Provost of Enrollment at Emory University, to talk about how Emory's pathways provide more opportunities for students to start and finish college compared to the normal four-year track, why colleges offer different tracks, and advice for high school juniors and seniors considering different start term options.


    LINKS

    Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    Emory University and Oxford College


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Guest: Kelley Lips

    Production: Jack Purdy

    Special Edition: Rick Clark on the College Admissions Process Podcast Mar 04, 2026
    Show notes

    In a cross-post special, Rick heads to the College Admissions Process Podcast hosted by John Durante to talk about building a class, AI, how to best use the Common Application, and other tools families can use in the admissions process.


    LINKS

    CAP Episode Link

    Truth About College Admissions Newsletter


    Host: John Durante

    Guest: Rick Clark

    TACA Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About Scoir - Gerry McCrory & Ashley Smith Feb 17, 2026
    Show notes

    Rick and Brennan are joined by Gerry McCrory and Ashley Smith from Scoir to talk about the platform, their recent data reports, advice for juniors beginning the admission process, and tools on Scoir that everyone from families to counselors can use.


    LINKS:

    Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    "Getting into college is getting easier" - The Hechinger Report

    Scoir


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Guests: Gerry Mcrory, Ashley Smith

    Production: Jack Purdy

    The Truth About Dream Schools - Jeff Selingo Jan 27, 2026
    Show notes

    Brennan and the new Vice Provost of Enrollment Management at Georgia Tech, Rick Clark, are joined by friend of the podcast Jeff Selingo to talk about his new book, Dream School. Their conversation details why Jeff was inspired to write the book, how to get a sense of the resources on campus when visiting schools, misconceptions about college value, and how life has been going through the college admissions process with his daughter.


    LINKS:

    The Truth About College Admission Newsletter

    "Clark Named Vice Provost of Enrollment Management" - Georgia Tech

    Jeff Selingo's website

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    List of Harvard 1L Institutions

    Future U Podcast


    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark

    Guest: Jeff Selingo

    Production: Jack Purdy

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