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English
Description
"A resource for high school students and parents on how to apply to selective colleges. Covers strategies on college selection, college applications, essays, interviews, standardized tests and scholarships and financial aid. Outlines what selective colleges look for in applicants. Includes more than 20 essay examples"--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
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Description
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...
5) College admission 101: simple answers to tough questions about college admissions and financial aid
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
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Explains what students should do in the years leading up to college and emphasizes critical areas of the college selection and applications process, including picking a college, applying, and paying college tuition.
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"This handbook offers general guidance to help students do a self-assessment and select the top eight colleges that are the strongest fit for them. Establishing readers as anthropologists, students will learn to observe 20 campus cultures, assess each one, and research their options in American higher education"--
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Contains 50 essays with analysis from successful Ivy League applicants, tips on how to select the best topic, what Ivy League admission officers want to see in your essay, 25 mistakes that guarantee failure and tips from Ivy League students on how to write a successful essay"--
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide to writing an amazing essay and mastering the college applications process. Writing a memorable personal statement can seem like an overwhelming project for a young college applicant, but college essay coach Alan Gelb's organized and encouraging step-by-step instructions take the intimidation out of the process, enabling applicants to craft a meaningful and polished college admissions essay. Gelb teaches students to identify...
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Provides 30 complete winning scholarship essays with analysis of why they were successful, scholarship interview strategies, Q&A with scholarship judges, 12 essays that bombed and an essay-writing workshop that covers selecting a topic, creating an outline, writing and editing"--
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Provides 30 complete winning scholarship essays with analysis of why they were successful, scholarship interview strategies, Q&A with scholarship judges, 12 essays that bombed and an essay-writing workshop that covers selecting a topic, creating an outline, writing and editing"--
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book will consist of seven or more essays, critical in different ways of racial "diversity" preferences in American higher education. Unlike many more conventional books on the subject, which are essentially apologies for racial reverse discrimination, this volume forthrightly exposes the corrosive effects of identity politics on college and university life"--
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