CliffsNotes roadmap to college: navigating your way to college admission success

Book features include: Checklists for what to be doing month to month starting even as early as the 9th gradeincluding student responsibilities, understanding that the college admissions process is more up to the student than to the parent, deadlines for standardized testing, planning summers wisely, after-school activities. Interviews with college admissions officers, as well as from college counselors at high schools nationally, used as sidebars throughout the book. Highlighted book chapters include: Avoiding Roadblocks and Hazards: The dos and donts in the college admissions processincluding what not to do in applying, proper planning (i.e., the student resume/brag sheet) Late Starts: Addresses those students who are late in starting the application process. Road Trip: Planning Worthwhile Campus Visits: Includes creating a college wish list, including how to decide/factors for evaluating and selecting, how to have an effective and useful campus visit, questions to ask, where to go on campus, question lists for admissions personnel and attending students (including the tour guide), making notes and using those notes strategically in your college application License to Brag: Brag Sheet / Student Resume Tips: How to put together the student resume/brag sheet, including format, what to include/exclude, and actual samples with critiques How Youre Judged: What college admission offices are looking for, including but not limited to transcripts, high school coursework difficulty, recommendation letters, and personal statements. The authorwill elaborate on all of these criteria and break it down for the high schoolstudent. Financial Aid 101: The basics of understanding financial aid, with advice from current financial aid directors, recommended websites and web support, and the basics of vocabulary involved How to Write a Winning Personal Statement Dos and Donts for Essay Writing Samples of Essays that Worked: includingcritiques of the essays; the author will include examples of before and afterdos and donts, stylistic suggestions, topics to avoid, how to come p with the right topic.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-47442-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 20/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés