Kategoria BISAC: Study Aids >> College Guides

In recent years, as the number of applications to top colleges has risen dramatically and fewer schools have been able to grant personal interviews to most applicants, the written application has become one of the most important factors for admissions committees. Marketing yourself successfully to schools -- making yourself stand out from the thousands of high school...

Completely revised and updated with a dozen new colleges and universities, the essential guide students need to help them choose and gain admission to the outstanding schools that fit them best.

Based on Howard and Matthew Greene's years of counseling experience and research, The Hidden Ivies is an invaluable, in-depth look inside sixty-three renowned academic institutions. These private colleges and universities offer students a broad liberal arts education that will help them build a strong foundation for the rest of their lives. The Greenes help families understand what...

Schaum's Easy Outline Series

When you are looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, there's no series that does it better. Schaum's Easy Outline of Electronic Devices and Circuits is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor.

Adele Scheele, a widely published career strategist, has created a roadmap designed to inspire students to use their time wisely, to help their parents become better coaches to their children, and to empower college faculty and administrators to become more active mentors.

Only a fraction of students actually know how to use college as a stepping-stone for educational exploration and social connection. Most students are keenly disappointed when the expected transformation from college to career does not automatically happen. They do not know that they have to make it happen...

Featuring an in-depth interview with the Director of Admissions at Tuck School of Business, ranked #1 by the Wall Street Journal.

Written for students about to embark on this two-year odyssey, by students who have successfully survived business school, Business School Confidential provides a comprehensive, blow-by-blow chronological account of the complete MBA experience. Miller and Loucks have assembled a panel of recent MBA graduates from across the country, all of whom are in a prime position to offer realistic and informative advice on what business school is...

Choosing the right college is a big decision for most people. American Indian and Alaska Natives are no exception, but finding a college that offers a good educational program in their major plus a strong support system for tribal traditions makes that decision even more complex. This volume will help Native people clarify their postsecondary aspirations, improve their college choice, and increase their success in college. After a thorough examination of the issues that should be considered, Pavel and Inglebret present the different types of colleges available, programs and services to...

How do you pick the right college? Can you get in? And if you get in, how will you pay for it? Choosing a college is the most important--and daunting--decision facing today's high school students. Unfortunately, when it comes time to narrow down the choices and throw the perfect admissions punch, young people are often left to navigate the tricky admissions process on their own.
Now, from the nation's...

-Chapter One gives 50 key questions to ask in selecting a college.
-Chapter Two presents a critical history of American university.
-Chapter Three discusses why a liberal education is important.
-Chapter Four suggests why you shouldn't go to elite research universities like Harvard or Berkeley, even if admitted.
-Chapter Five describes how major universities are...

-Chapter One gives 50 key questions to ask in selecting a college.
-Chapter Two presents a critical history of American university.
-Chapter Three discusses why a liberal education is important.
-Chapter Four suggests why you shouldn't go to elite research universities like Harvard or Berkeley, even if admitted.
-Chapter Five describes how major universities are...