Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it! Read this book instead. College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck. The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families understand and successfully navigate the coll...

Do you want to write a great application essay? One that admissions officers will love? This is the book for you. Written by an expert with over thirty years of experience in the college admissions world, this book offers time-tested advice to students stressing out about their application essays. Follow these ten tips, and you'll create a terrific essay -- without going crazy in the process. Nancy Donehower, Ph.D. has a unique perspective on the admissions process. She has been an admissi...

Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it! Read this book instead. College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck. The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families understand and successfully navigate the coll...

Do you want to write a great application essay? One that admissions officers will love? This is the book for you. Written by an expert with over thirty years of experience in the college admissions world, this book offers time-tested advice to students stressing out about their application essays. Follow these ten tips, and you'll create a terrific essay -- without going crazy in the process. Nancy Donehower, Ph.D. has a unique perspective on the admissions process. She has been an admissi...

College Admission is the ultimate user's manual and go-to guide for any student or family approaching the college application process.Featuring the wise counsel of more than 50 deans of admission, no other guide has such thorough, expert, compassionate, and professional advice.Let’s be honest: applying to college can be stressful for students and parents. But here’s the good news: you can get in. Robin Mamlet has been dean of admis...

The latest in the How to Say It(r) series demystifies the omplex college admissions process.How to Say It(r) to Get Into the College of Your Choice offers students-as well as their parents and school counselors-a variety of essential resources and information, including:- Worksheets for writing personal statements and resumes- Winning words and phrases for filling out a sample Common Application used by more than 200 of the top colleges- Finding the r...

I applied to and was accepted at Princeton, MIT (twice), Stanford (twice), Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and Carnegie Mellon (I chose MIT for both undergraduate and graduate studies). Yes, I had good grades but so did many, many others who did not get into these colleges. The difference was how I presented my story in my essays.Now an Ed-Tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, California, I regularly coach high school students on how to tell their stories in an au...

One of the most stressful aspects of college applications is the essay. Most students worry about what an admissions officer looks for in a writing sample. But that’s the wrong way to approach this vital component, says former Ivy League college admissions officer Harry Bauld. At Brown and Columbia, he saw what prospective students often did wrong—and now tells you how to do it right.In this fully revised and updated edition of the classic college application guide to writing the b...

College Applications, College Admissions, and College Planning Guide“Using The College Bound Organizer is one way to help you stay focused on what is really important.” —Edward B. Fiske, bestselling author of Fiske Guide to Colleges#1 Best Seller in College GuidesThe College Bound Organizer is your step-by-step comprehensive college planning guide to organize every step of the college application ...

A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schoolsTargeting the savvy parents of today's college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams.Did you know?-A child's guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral.-A parent ...

Unique, simple approach to the complicated college prep process, from the leading authority in college admissions.Getting ready for college is a complicated and confusing process - how do you know when to take the SAT? When do you start applying to schools? What classes should you be taking to help prepare you for college-level work? Is there anything you should do before high school?Fiske Countdown to College is a comprehensive collection of simple, easy-to-use checklists ...

What if you had colleges coming after you instead of the other way around?The hidden little secret of college admissions is that most schools are desperate... desperate for great kids who do things differently and will make their campuses vibrant and exciting.And you don't have to be an A student, the president of your student body, or the winner of the national spelling bee to do this. Any student can become someone that colleges compete for if you follow ...