books about: admission     books:       Roadmap For College Admissions: Step-by-Step Directions for Success10 reviews Bina Chandrasekhara, Vinay Chandrasekhara, ... ScarecrowEducation, 2002 A comprehensive guide for students and parents It has been a challenge to get all the pertinent information to prepare for college education in USA particularly very competitive collegs. Roadmap For College Admissions will address all the issues that every student and parent should be familiar with from 9th grade thru admission process. It includes tips to write essays, intervieww process and campus visits which is not seen in other books, If ...             EZ Solutions - Test Prep Series - Math Practice - Advanced Workbook - SAT (Ez Solutions: Test Prep Series)7 reviews Punit Raja SuryaChandra EZ Solutions, 2008 Great Review/Practice Books I bought the series of EZ Solutions for the GMAT and found them to be very helpful. After going through GMAT books from Kaplan, Princeton Review, and others, I needed something more in-depth to tackle all type of questions. The EZ books cover a broad spectrum of content and practice questions with detailed explanations. These are great books for those who are seeking to perfect their score or ...             Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College (Jossey Bass Education ...10 reviews Sally P. Springer, Marion R. Franck Jossey-Bass, 2005 Wonderful Resource! "Admission Matters" attracted me for a number of reasons--the background, experience and knowledge of the authors is compelling, but moreover I chose this book because as the parent of three with two already in college and the third an applicant now, I was hopeful that I would find new details and advice regarding the competitive hurdles that my youngest will be facing. My hopes were more than ...             The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game8 reviews Pam Proctor Center Street, 2007 Courtesy of Teens Read Too Gaining admittance into the college of your choice is no easy task. With THE COLLEGE HOOK, written by Pam Proctor, the president of College Application Consultants, Inc., I have to say that your odds are greatly improved! The book is broken down into four main parts: Discovering Your Hook, The Top Ten College Hooks, Packaging Your Hook, and Selling Your Hook. Each main category is then broken ...             The Athletic Recruiting & Scholarship Guide20 reviews Wayne Mazzoni Mazz Marketing Inc, 1998 Don't Miss This Everything you ever wanted to know about athletic recruiting when your high school coach doesn't do it for you. And here's a hot tip. You can go one better than your high school coach, Mom and Dad. Check out the opportunities at West Point. Almost everyone there is a scholar-athlete, and all on full scholarship plus getting paid [...] a year! And, best of all, if you get hurt, you don't lose your ...             MBA Admissions Strategy10 reviews Open University Press, 2005 Best book on the subject MUST HAVE BOOK. By far the best book on the subject. Even if you have already purchased Richard Montauk book or any other MBA consulting book, I still advise that you buy and read this book. If you have not purchased any book yet, I strongly recommend you to start with this book. If you are targeting top 15 MBA programs, reading this book will be the best thing you could do to improve ...             The Naval Academy Candidate Handbook: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive Second Edition16 reviews William Smallwood Beacon Books, 1997 Bring on the PAIN! Currently Im a PO3 in the Navy who will be attending the Naval Academy Preparatory School this year with subsequent attendance to the Naval Academy proper. While this book only had a rather small mention of how enlisted applicants gained admission, and an even smaller section on NAPS, its still THE BEST resource out there for an aspiring applicant. After all its not the NAPS or Prior candidate ...             And What About College?: How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities7 reviews Cafi Cohen Holt Associates, 2000 Clear Direction for Home Schooling Parents Authors Cafi Cohen and Patrick Farenga have addressed the "getting into college" questions raised by parents schooling their older children at home, like, "How do we work up a set of transcripts?" "How do we get them into college without a recognized degree?" and "What choices in education do we have?" The sub-title of the book might be misleading. Although a portion of the book talks about ...             Air Force Academy Candidate Book: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive15 reviews William L. Smallwood Beacon Books, 1990 Definitely Important for Candidates/Hopefuls! I'm a high schooler considering the Academy, and this book had tons of really useful information. Apllication tips, with a whole chapter on nominations, how to prepare mentally (VERY important) and physically, what to expect, and even a section for parents! This is an awesome book, if you have any interest in the Air Force or the Academy, BUY IT!!!             50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, Second Edition: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the ...7 reviews St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 Essay-writing This is a fantastic collection of application essays. If you or your child is in need of examples of well-written essays, these 50 essays are just the thing for you. Not only are the essays themselves printed, the book also provides an analysis for each, by the Staff of "The Harvard Crimson". Within each analysis, you learn what topics to choose, what to avoid and how to keep the reader from ...             No Ticket? No Problem!: How to Sneak into Sporting Events and Concerts7 reviews Scott Kerman Summit Publishing Group, 1996 Good clean sneakery! Now we can all get in, ticket or no ticket. The professor teaches us by example how to get in to our favorite events. If you love sports or just events in general, "sold out" will never have the same meaning again. Scott writes with an irreverant wit, always asking, "Why shouldn't I be able to go in?" Hysterical and almost unbelievable. Even if you have no intention of trying his techniques ...             Choose the Right College & Get Accepted! (Students Helping Students series)5 reviews Albert Suh, Megan Hutchin, ... Natavi Guides, 2003 A MUST-BUY for any college-bound student When I saw that the authors of this book were all students and recent grads, I was immediately intrigued, but when I saw that they were all from top schools, I was concerned that their advice would be skewed - but it's not. This is the single best book that I have ever read on the subject of finding the right school, making a choice, and then acing your applications. Not only is there excellent ...             College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy5 reviews Harvard University Press, 2005 Something is wrong with college admissions "Nobody likes what's going on in college admissions---not students, not parents, not college presidents and not deans." - Lee Pelton, President of Willamette University (quoted in College Unranked) So, what has happened to college admission? Have the ranksters, the testers, the branders, the marketers, the dot.coms, etc. taken over? How did we let it happen? And what, if anything, can we do ...             Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond6 reviews Marilee Jones, Kenneth R. Ginsburg American Academy Of Pediatrics, 2006 One of two great books for stressed out parents As parents who have seen many of our friends completely lose perspective as their kids apply to college, my wife and decided that we would not go down that road when our time came. Forget all the books that imply they will get your child into a "brand name" school. It's about discovering together a place where they can grow, and strenghtening your relationship as you launch them toward their ...             Price of Admission6 reviews Leslie Margolis Topeka Bindery, 2007 The Compulsive Reader's Reviews As a studio head's daughter, Jasmine Green's seemingly perfect life is just a facade for some very serious problems. Despite her cushy home, endless resources, and fancy cars, Jasmine's father is completely absorbed with his job, her brother is having an affair with their stepmother, and Jasmine herself is dating two guys at once. When one these guys dies, his screenplay is found in his ...             How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College: By Hundreds of Happy Parents7 reviews Hundreds of Heads Hundreds of Heads Books, 2007 My hundreds of new best friends Advice from the heart ... the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of those who have already tread where you are about to go. No snobby neighbors, no competing colleagues, just hundreds of heads sharing their stories in easy-to-read snippets. It's a well-balanced presentation that allows you to benefit from the reflections of other parents who have already faced the challenges of kids, colleges ...             Eight Steps to Help Black Families Pay for College: A Crash Course in Financial Aid (College Admissions ...5 reviews Thomas LaVeist PhD, Will LaVeist, ... Princeton Review, 2003 This book is a godsend This is just the type of book on financial aid that I was looking for. It makes the whole confusing process easy to understand. It's a quick read, intelligent and entertaining. It speaks to black folks. After reading it, I have a better understanding of how the whole thing works.             The Ultimate Guide to Getting into Nursing School6 reviews Genevieve Chandler McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007 The Ultimate Guide to Getting into Nursing School Review This is a great guide for ANYONE considering nursing as a first career, second career or those continuing their nursing education! A dozen or more former students give real world advice, testimony and share their experiences breaking the ice for readers with important questions. At the end of each chapter readers are invited to reflect on the content, their own ideas about nursing, and to ...             Writing Skills for the GRE & GMAT (Peterson's Writing Skills for the GRE & GMAT Test)6 reviews Peterson's Peterson's, 2002 De-mystifies the GRE writing section. This book helped me score a 5.5 out of 6 on the writing portion. When I first began studying fot the GRE, I was intimidated by all the elements of the writing section: a vast pool of vague topics, impossible time limits, and my own cluttered opinions. I found Peterson's guide to be a practical refresher on rhetoric, fine tuned for maximum performance on the 45 minute and 30 minute essays. ...             EZ Solutions - Test Prep Series - Math Practice - Advanced Workbook - GMAT (Ez Solutions: Test Prep Series)6 reviews Punit Raja SuryaChandra EZ Solutions, 2008 Makes OG seem like a walk in the park The exercises in this book are nothing like I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot: Barrons, Kaplan OG, Princeton Review. I have them all and this book has some serious mathematics. If you can do the exercises in here, you will breeze through the exam. 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