Professors' Guide
1 primary work • 3 total works
Book 1
The Secrets of Picking a College (and Getting In!)
by Lynn F. Jacobs, Jeremy S Hyman, Jeffrey Durso-Finley, and Jonah T. Hyman
Published 23 October 2015
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 each to your advantage. * What are "holistic", "contextualized", and "legacy" admissions and how each can work for you. * How some schools count "demonstrated interest" and how you can take advantage of this little-known fact. * What are Early Decision, Early Action, and Single-Choice Early Action and whether any is right for you. * How to figure out the true costs of college, and what is the difference between "need-" and "merit-based" aid. * What it means when colleges say they meet "100% of demonstrated financial aid" and what "loan-free" means. * When and how to make campus visits and what to do on each.
* How to prepare for each section of the ACT or SAT and how to increase your scores. * What admissions officers are looking for in your application and how to give it to them. * How to write the all-important Common App essay and present your extra-curricular activities. * How to prepare for an alumni interview and present yourself in the best light. * Whom to ask for letters-of-recommendation and how to help them write the best possible letter. * How to compare your final offers and, in some cases, substantially improve them. * When it's good to wait out the "wait list" and when not. *-and much, much more. When you understand the college admissions process, you can maximize your chance of success. Why not put yourself ahead of the pack?
* How to prepare for each section of the ACT or SAT and how to increase your scores. * What admissions officers are looking for in your application and how to give it to them. * How to write the all-important Common App essay and present your extra-curricular activities. * How to prepare for an alumni interview and present yourself in the best light. * Whom to ask for letters-of-recommendation and how to help them write the best possible letter. * How to compare your final offers and, in some cases, substantially improve them. * When it's good to wait out the "wait list" and when not. *-and much, much more. When you understand the college admissions process, you can maximize your chance of success. Why not put yourself ahead of the pack?
If you're currently a college student, or plan on being one, you need to check out this book. Written by award-winning professors Lynn Jacobs and Jeremy Hyman, it's loaded with insider information that only professors know--but few are willing to reveal. The over 600 tips in this book will show you: How to pick good courses and avoid bad professors How to develop "college-level" skills and habits that'll put you ahead of the pack How to get through the freshman comp, math, language, and lab science requirements--in one try How to figure out what's going to be on the tests, and what professors are looking for in papers and presentations How to pick a major you'll really like--and be good at How to get the edge for graduate school--or the inside track to a really good job And much more. The tips are quick and easy-to-use, and the advice is friendly and supportive. It's as if you had your own personal professor guiding you on the path to college success.