Here’s a new piece by Barnard, who is the director of college counseling at the Derryfield School, a private college preparatory day school.

The Washington Post reports.

College counselor: I’m sick of reading about golden kids getting into Harvard. Here’s the story I want to see.

Last month, Brennan Barnard, a college counselor at a private school in New Hampshire, wrote a piece on how the college admissions process for many students had become something akin to The Hunger Games. He wrote:

In an ideal world, college preparatory education would encourage students who crave knowledge, seek community engagement, desire connection and live their values. We say we want our children to feel secure, be inspired and take risks with their curiosity. The reality of “The Hunger Games” comes closer to the truth, where students battle to survive in application pools seeming to demand perfection.