{"id":1733,"date":"2018-01-02T10:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2018-01-02T10:33:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:33:45","slug":"member-view-foster-acceptance-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/01\/02\/member-view-foster-acceptance-in-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Member View: Foster Acceptance in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A brand new year, a brand new you?<\/p>\n

Across the country, millions of Americans are setting resolutions \u2014 vowing to build good habits and break bad ones over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

Hit the gym? Eat right? Unplug? All valid goals, says NACAC member Brennan Barnard.<\/p>\n

But for college-bound students, he\u2019d like to add one more to the list.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2018, I am resolving to foster acceptance, and will encourage my students to do the same,\u201d Barnard, who works at The Derryfield School (NH), wrote in a recent column<\/a> published by The Huffington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn my role as a college counselor to high school students, I see too many young people on a treadmill of expectation without a clear understanding for what lies ahead, and disconnected to what lies within,\u201d Bernard notes. \u201cThey wonder if they are bright enough, talented enough, athletic enough, or simply good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2018, he\u2019s inviting his seniors to focus on the positives, including their high school accomplishments, the things they\u2019ve done to help others, personal qualities they value in themselves, and the tenacity they\u2019ve used to overcome challenges.<\/p>\n

Those things speak to a student\u2019s true self, and don\u2019t hinge on gaining admission to any given college or university, Barnard says.<\/p>\n

He also plans to encourage his students to ask three adults they trust about their post-high school journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cInevitably you will find that their paths were not linear or free of disappointment,\u201d he notes. \u201cIf you can accept that and accept yourself, your year is destined to end with greater courage and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A brand new year, a brand new you? Across the country, millions of Americans are setting resolutions \u2014 vowing to build good habits and break bad ones over the next 12 months. Hit the gym? Eat right? Unplug? All valid goals, says NACAC member Brennan Barnard. But for college-bound students, he\u2019d like to add one … Continue reading Member View: Foster Acceptance in the New Year<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-college-readiness","tag-brennan-barnard"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-rX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}