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1) Accepted! 50 successful college admission essays

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"A resource to help students write the college admissions essay with tips on selecting a topic and recycling essays and an essay-writing workshop. Includes 50 examples of successful essays, 25 essay-writing mistakes, and writing strategies from admission officers"--

2) Admission matters: what students and parents need to know about getting into college

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Springer, Sally P

3) Admission matters: what students and parents need to know about getting into college

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Springer, Sally P

4) B+ grades, A+ college application: how to present your strongest self, write a stand-out admissions essay, and get into the perfect school for you

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Jager-Hyman, Joie

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"This alternative college admissions guide gives non-straight-A students advice on how to identify, gain admittance to, and pay for the schools that will allow them to flourish"--Provided by publisher.

5) College admissions cracked: saving your kid (and yourself) from the madness

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Shulman, Jill Margaret

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So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Advice will pour in through friends, your child's guidance counselor, and your mother's neighbor's cousin....

6) complete guide to college application essays

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7) Crushing the common app essay: a foolproof guide to getting into your top college

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Frank, Julie Ferber

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"With candor, humor, and tons of tips, [this book] leads you step by step through the entire process of crafting a killer college application essay. See how to brainstorm ideas, use easy-to-understand examples as a model, and read inspiring real-life admissions success stories"--Amazon.com.

8) Fiske countdown to college: 41 to-do lists and a plan for every year of high school

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Hammond, Bruce G

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"From the author of the #1 bestselling Fiske Guide to Colleges, Fiske Countdown to College breaks down the entire college prep process--from freshman year through graduation--into dozens of easy checklists that will keep you on track through every year of high school..."--p.[4] of cover.

9) The Fiske guide to colleges

10) Game on: why college admission is rigged and how to beat the system

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Paterno, Susan F

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"In Game On, Susan F. Paterno--Director of the Chapman University journalism program and mother of four recent college grads--leads you through the admissions process to help you and your family make the best decision possible. Is the college admissions game really stacked against you? Is it getting tougher to get into top schools-into any school-or not? How will COVID-19 change all of these things? Susan F. Paterno, a lifelong academic who knows...

11) get into any college the insiders guide to getting

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12) get into any college the insiders guide to getting

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13) A guide to writing college admissions essays: practical advice for students and parents

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Franklin, Cory M

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"This book is a handy, readable manual, which deals with the practical problems students face when writing their college admission essays"--

14) In! college admissions and beyond: the experts' proven strategy for success

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Luterman, Lillian

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Students who embrace the Luterman/Bloom strategy not only improve their chances of getting into their top-choice college but also acquire a skill set that equips them for success during college and in the postgraduate world.

15) Where you go is not who you'll be: an antidote to the college admissions mania

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Bruni, Frank

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Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in this book, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students...

16) Where you go is not who you'll be: an antidote to the college admissions mania

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Bruni, Frank

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in this book, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students...

17) Who gets in and why: a year inside college admissions

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Selingo, Jeffrey J

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Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. In Who Gets In and Why, journalist and higher education expert Jeffrey Selingo dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good college.” Hint: it’s not all...

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