Kategoria BISAC: Study Aids >> College Guides

Two award-winning professors, a former admissions officer at a major university (now a counselor at a prestigious high school), and a gifted high school senior (now in the throes of the college admissions process himself) team up to offer you over 600 tips, techniques, and strategies to help you get in to the college of your choice.

Comprehensive, yet easy-to-read, this book will teach you:

• How to size up the colleges you're considering--and come up with a coherent list.
• What are college nights, college fairs, and college rep visits--and how you can use...

We all have the ability to think conceptually and creatively, but for many of us this potential lies untapped. Smart Thinking will teach you how to generate your own original ideas, create new concepts, assess risk, solve problems and make balanced decisions. Above all, this book will show you how to truly think for yourself.

This handy workbook is your One-Stop-Shop for all your College Planning needs. By using our years of experience working with students and parents, we have simplified the process by taking away what is often long, confusing and complicated. This book is designed to provide you with an easy-to-follow system: collecting, organizing, and keeping you on track with objective insights throughout every step of the college prep process.

Featuring checklists, timelines, and proven strategies for both the student and parents, we eliminate your stress and a feeling of being overwhelmed. You...

The pressures of high school students to get into college has become so competitive; the pressures on the parents have become overwhelming as they want their son or daughter to get into the university of their 1st choice. Is your child really special? Is he/she doing something to make themselves stand out among their competition? Does the student think they are doing enough? How about the parent? This book shares thoughts from both the student and parent, and you will be shocked to learn how each views the monumental process of getting into college. This is the biggest decision you as a...

The 7 Secrets to Getting A's in College, A Field Guide For What Every College Freshman Should Know is designed to be concise and to deliver proven tips, tools, and habits needed to achieve the highest grades possible at college. By using the seven secrets you will increase comprehension, recollection, and understanding of the materials you study regardless of the topic. Most importantly, you will learn how to learn - a skill you can use for a lifetime. So, dive in. Keep it handy as a reference. Reread it periodically to pick up additional ideas and remind yourself of the practices...

College admissions is tougher than ever: Between now and 2020, about 90 million high schoolers in the U.S. will try to get into college. And, nearly three million students are expected to enroll as first-time freshmen in degree-granting institutions in the United States this school year. Each of these students will apply to many schools -- five, 10, perhaps as many as 20 -- and each of...