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23. 7 Books That Can Guide You During the College Admissions Process

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Release Date: 12/02/2021

S2EP: Living in Easy World and Accessing Your Genius Zone with Dr. Gay Hendricks

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

What if the one thing standing between you and true success is your own upper limit? Ever feel like every time things start going really well, something inevitably goes wrong? Maybe you land the dream client, but then self-doubt creeps in. Or you finally hit a financial milestone, only to sabotage yourself with burnout. If this sounds familiar, you might be hitting your upper limit—without even realizing it. Dr. Gay Hendricks, author of The Big Leap, is here to break it all down. He’ll show you how to stop the self-sabotage cycle and step into a life of abundance, creativity, and success...

S2E4: This Mindset Shift Will Completely Transform You or Your Child’s College Experience

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Is your college list based on what you actually want—or what someone else told you to want? If the idea of an Ivy League school has taken over your college admissions strategy, you’re not alone. The allure is real. But when the prestige of a name outweighs the actual experience and alignment, you (or your child) could end up in the wrong place, chasing someone else’s dream. Too many students build their college list backwards—starting with a dream school instead of a dream experience. Counselors push, parents pressure, YouTube raves, and suddenly, you’re sinking time, energy, and...

S2E3: How Neurodivergent Students Can Get Into Their Dream College with Dr. Samantha Clemens

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

What if your child’s struggle in school isn’t about effort—but about how they’re wired to learn? So many students (and their parents) assume academic challenges stem from laziness, distraction, or not trying hard enough. But what if the real issue is that their learning style simply isn’t being supported—or even understood? In this episode, Dr. Samantha, a clinical psychologist and Educational Architect breaks down how we’re missing the mark when we try to fit all students into one academic mold. She shares why identifying a student’s learning profile is the secret sauce to...

S2E2: The Harvard Diaries: Ryan, Leadership and Happiness Research, Self Actualization

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

What if everything you thought you knew about finding your path in life was wrong? We’ve all been told the same story: pick a career, follow a straight line, and check off the boxes of success. But what if that rigid path is actually what’s keeping you from living a life full of meaning, joy, and purpose? In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Ryan, a Fulbright Scholar and PhD candidate from New Zealand, to talk about the myths we’ve been fed about happiness, potential, and purpose—and why real self-actualization isn’t about reaching the top of the...

S2E1: The Edvisory’s Framework: The Defining Factor in a Unique, Undeniable College Application

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Is "meeting students where they're at" actually doing more harm than good? If you've ever heard the question, "What do you want to do with your life?" and felt a pit in your stomach—or worse, watched your child shut down in response—this episode is going to change the way you think about college admissions. The truth? Most students don't know what they want at 16 or 17—and that's not the problem. The real issue is that traditional college counseling assumes they should know... and builds a future based only on who they've already been. What if we stopped projecting certainty onto...

38. How to Find Your Path as a Transfer Student with Isaac Lubert

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Today on the Bold Student Podcast, we’re joined by my very special guest Isaac Lubert. Isaac is a former transfer student of mine who is currently pursuing music, business and psychology at NYU. In today’s episode, we talk about Isaac’s journey from Indiana University to Santa Monica College to now NYU and how our work together encouraged him to pursue his current path. Isaac shares wisdom around navigating change, not being afraid to try new things and how working with a private college counselor pushed him in the right direction (even when it meant pushing him outside of his...

37. Inspiring Change as a Storyteller and First-Generation College Student with Donald Jolly

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Today on the Bold Student Podcast, we’re joined by none other than Donald Jolly. Donald is our very own essay coach, but he’s also a first-generation college student who studied English at Dartmouth, and has an MFA in dramatic writing from the University of Southern California. He's also a Los Angeles-based writer proudly hailing from Washington, DC. As a playwright, he wrote the historical drama, Bonded, which was nominated for the Los Angeles stage Alliance Ovation award for playwriting and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Los Angeles theatre, and winner of the 2013...

36. Discovering Your Purpose Through Human Design with Ilona Barnhart

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

I’m so excited to introduce you to today’s guest, Ilona Barnhart. Ilona is a human design reader who blends insight and inspiration from multiple sources to create something entirely new so that you can embrace and accept more parts of yourself. In today’s episode, Ilona shares what human design is and the events that led her to become a human design practitioner. Ilona also talks about living in an energy-based world and what that means. Then, we discuss the different types of human design and how understanding human design allows you to connect to your own unique intuition while...

35. Parents Didn’t Go To College? Here’s How to Navigate the Admissions Process with Marvette Lacy

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

Today’s guest has such an interesting and inspiring story for anyone who has dreams of overcoming their circumstances and becoming more than what they have always known. Marvette Lacy is an aspiring engineering student, turned student affairs doctoral student who started her business all while finishing her dissertation in THREE MONTHS! Now, Marvette runs a multiple six-figure business as a coach and in today’s episode she shares all of the pivots that she made in her journey to get to this place. Marvette’s story is one that will encourage you to always be flexible and to...

34. My Predictions On How Overturning Roe v Wade Will Impact College Admissions

The Trailblazer's Guide To College Admissions

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. Whether you’re a parent to a soon-to-be-applying student, a junior or senior applying to college, or an international student coming to the US – this decision affects you. In this episode, I want to make some predictions on how this decision will impact college admissions and how to actively prepare to still get into your dream college despite the changes that this decision may bring. Even with these predictions, I believe this next generation will reshape our world into something better and brighter – and with...

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When you're making a decision as big as where you're going to college, I urge you to put time and research into the college admissions process. You can find great information on the internet, but one of the best ways to help you learn about different universities and gain more insight into college applications is through well-researched and highly informative books.

In this episode, I’m giving a little book review about some of my favorite books that I use for work, recommend to colleagues, and buy for my students to read. Whether you’re a parent to a 9th grader who is just starting to think about college or an 11th-grade student in the middle of your college admissions process, I have a recommended book for everyone!

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“It's going to shape the rest of your adult life. It's not to say that where you go to college is going to determine your future necessarily but it can have an impact, so, I would urge you to put time and research into this process.” - Cathleen

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