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Blogs, Books, and Podcasts

Podcasts & Blogs

Admissions Beat, a podcast series by Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College
College Admissions Decoded, National Association for College Admission Counseling
Your College-Bound Kid, Mark Stucker 
The College Pricing Game, The Daily from The New York Times
Application to Admission: Understanding the Choices, Timothy Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown

Georgia Tech Admission Blog (Georgia Tech)
Inside Admissions (Tufts University)
Supporting Your College Student (University of Michigan)
Parents’ Survival Guide (Boston University)

Books

The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark

The Truth about College Admission Workbook: A Family Organizer for Your College Search
by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark

Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
by Jeffrey Selingo

Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
by Frank Bruni

There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow
by Jeffrey J. Selingo

Mindful Admissions: An Insider’s Guide to Staying Sane, Applying Well, and Getting Accepted to College
by Lauren Carter

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges
by Loren Pope, revised by Hilary Masell Oswald

I’m Going to College–Not You! Surviving the College Search with Your Child
Edited by Jennifer Delahunty

The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make
by Ron Lieber

Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College
by Becky Munsterer Sabky

How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
by Julie Lythcott-Haims

Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives
by Rachel Simmons