TPP 333: David Marcus on Post-High School Alternative Paths for Differently Wired Kids
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Studies show that if you go to college after a gap year, you have a much better chance of a four year graduation rate. Now you know already that different learners often need to just slow down a little bit at college and do it in five or six years, but they go in better equipped and better prepared and more mature for a different learner especially. I would argue that a year of maturation after high school is a huge, huge deal. It really can make a difference in executive functioning and in study habits, in socializing.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. This week's episode, we're talking about what we often call in the neurodivergence space long runways for our emerging young adults, specifically alternative paths for differently wired students who are graduating high school, but may not either be ready for a typical college experience or for whom college isn't part of the plan. To talk about it, I brought college admissions coach Dave Marcus back to the show. You may have listened to our episode from a few years back where we talked about how the college admissions process and criteria was shifting as a result of the COVID pandemic.
We do get a little update from Dave on the admissions landscape, but most of this episode is dedicated to considering other options for students, including gap years, apprenticeships, taking a few classes at a community college, and most importantly, slowing the whole launching process down to support kids who would really benefit from extra time to develop and grow, recover from mental health challenges, de stress. and more. The spirit of this conversation is an important reminder that every student's journey is different, and it's so important that we don't compare our kids' paths to others, but rather get curious about what would most support their unique timeline and strengths. Before we dive in, here's a little bit more about my guest.
David Marcus has been a journalist, author, and teacher, and he covered education as a reporter for US News Magazine and News Day. in New York. He's the author of a book about college admissions called Acceptance and a book about struggling teens called What It Takes to Pull Me Through. His passion is helping students and parents find balance and joy throughout the process of planning for what comes next after high school. Thanks so much, and now here is my conversation with David Marcus.
Hey Dave, welcome back to the podcast.
Thank you.
I think the landscape has changed so much. And last time you were on the show, it was mid-pandemic or maybe early in the pandemic, how the college application process is different. But now we're gonna talk about the landscape in general. But before we get into all of that, if you wouldn't mind just taking a few minutes and reintroducing yourself, tell us a little bit about the work that you do and why.
I am a college admissions coach and speaker. On how to get into college, how to succeed in college. And To our point today. When you should consider an alternative to college for a year or two or longer. The way I got into it is I have a son who is now twenty seven who has some learning differences, an incredible intuitive kid who's amazing with animals and people. He did go to college, but ultimately he decided to do ha take a different path and work I can talk about that later. But he's thriving and that's the important thing. So I'm very empathetic, very understanding, I think, to parents of families who have different learners.
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