College Resource List: Recommended Reading and Listening

Books

 

Fiske Guide to Colleges, by Edward B. Fiske

 

Colleges That Change Lives, by Loren Pope

 

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

 

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:  A Family Organizer for Your College Search, by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark

 

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

 

College Match:  A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You, by Steven R.  Antonoff

 

Websites/Blogs/Podcasts/Webinars

 

Guide to Texas Colleges and Universities:

http://www.collegeforalltexans.com/index.cfm?objectid=630430A7-DF46-DC9C-FA99030E5CE7CC77

 

Colleges That Change Lives website:

https://ctcl.org/

 

Rick Clark's Georgia Tech Admission Blog, for general admissions wisdom:

https://sites.gatech.edu/admission-blog/author/rc218/

 

Lynn O'Shaughnessy's The College Solution blog for general advice and a focus on college affordability:

https://thecollegesolution.com/blog/

 

College MatchPoint blog for general information and detailed advice for UT Austin admissions:

https://www.collegematchpoint.com/blog

 

CollegeWise series of admissions webinars, featuring admissions experts, authors and journalists.  Recordings available: https://go.collegewise.com/college-nights

 

College Admissions Decoded - a podcast by the National Association for College Admissions Counselors

 

Inside College Admissions podcast presented by SCOIR

 

College Admission Brief - Rick Clark's blog in podcast form

 

Grown & Flown Facebook group hosts many Facebook live events with college experts, including many of the authors listed above.