The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions

The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions
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Publisher : Prospect Park Books
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780983459422
ISBN-13 : 0983459428
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions by : J.D. Rothman

Admissions rates of 6 percent? Kids applying to thirty-two colleges? Sixteen-year-olds with more impressive resumes than Fortune 500 CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind? Why yes, it has! J.D. Rothman, the Neurotic Parent of blog fame, takes readers on a hilarious satiric journey through today’s insane college admissions process. The vividly illustrated book takes you from the Itsy-Bitsy Fiske Guide and Junior Kumon Tips for Preschoolers through Rejection Letters from the Heart and Bed Bath & Bye-Bye.

Parents Guide to Surviving the College Admissions Process

Parents Guide to Surviving the College Admissions Process
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Publisher : Carol Publishing Corporation
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0806518251
ISBN-13 : 9780806518251
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Parents Guide to Surviving the College Admissions Process by : Ellen Fitzpatrick Pinkman

With the same blend of wit, common sense, and empathy that is needed to be a good parent, child psychologist Michele Elliott offers parents a treasure trove of tips for getting through the day, getting through life, and getting through a crisis with children ages four to twelve. This highly browsable compendium is full of practical advice on common problems, entertaining anecdotes, illuminating quizzes, and helpful suggestions on parenting matters practical, educational, and spiritual. Topics range from how to get children to bed on time or stop sibling fights, to how to maximize kids' learning abilities; from how to answer embarrassing questions to how to create holiday magic without spending a fortune; from how to help children cope with grief to the ten worst and ten best things you can say to a child. Perfect parents -- like perfect children -- don't exist, but those who follow the invaluable advice in this book will be 601 ways nearer to getting it right

Parent's Guide to College Admissions

Parent's Guide to College Admissions
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Publisher : Kaplan
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0743201841
ISBN-13 : 9780743201841
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Parent's Guide to College Admissions by : Marjorie Nieuwenhuis

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Managing the College Admissions Process. Kaplan's Parent's Guide to College Admissions sheds light on the often bewildering and always nerve-wracking college admissions process. From choosing the right school to paying for it, long-time college counselor Marjorie Nieuwenhuis provides the expert advice you need to guide your son or daughter through one of life's most important decisions. * When should we start the process? * How much should a parent help? * What should my teen be doing now? * How should colleges be assessed? * Which admissions tests does my teen need to take? * What are our financing options? * When should we visit campuses? Includes up-to-date advice on Early Decision, electronic applications, ethics in the admissions process, and more.

College Admissions Cracked

College Admissions Cracked
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Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9780316420549
ISBN-13 : 0316420549
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis College Admissions Cracked by : Jill Margaret Shulman

How to help your kid navigate the college admissions process -- from scheduling standardized tests to writing essays -- month by month, girlfriend's-guide style. So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Advice will pour in through friends, your child's guidance counselor, and your mother's neighbor's cousin. Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally. She'll guide you through the entire crazy ritual that college admissions has become, month by month, breath by deep, cleansing breath, until you drop your kid off at college where she will ignore your phone calls and texts. Come as you are -- whether chill or roiling with anxiety -- and Shulman, along with a platoon of experts and fellow parents, will help you maintain your strength and sense of self-worth, so easily lost somewhere between your teenager's screaming, "I hate you! You're ruining my life!" and typing your credit card number into the College Board's website for the twentieth time. You've got college admissions cracked, and now, this book has got your back.

Panicked Parents' Guide to College Admissions

Panicked Parents' Guide to College Admissions
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Publisher : Petersons
Total Pages : 255
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0768909279
ISBN-13 : 9780768909272
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Panicked Parents' Guide to College Admissions by : Sally Rubenstone

Discusses college choice, tests, finance, the application process, the admission decision, and other concerns.

I'm Going to College---Not You!

I'm Going to College---Not You!
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Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429922159
ISBN-13 : 142992215X
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis I'm Going to College---Not You! by : Jennifer Delahunty

Acceptance by a top college is more than a gold star on a high school graduate's forehead today. It has morphed into the ultimate "good parenting" stamp of approval--the better the bumper sticker, the better the parent, right? Parents of juniors and seniors in high school fret over SAT scores and essays, obsessed with getting their kids into the right college, while their children push for independence. I'm Going to College---Not You! is a resource for parents, written by parents who've been in their shoes. Kenyon College dean Jennifer Delahunty shares her unique perspective (and her daughter's) on one of the toughest periods of parenting, and has assembled a top-notch group of writers that includes best-selling authors, college professors and admissions directors, and journalists. Their experiences with the difficult balancing act between control freak and resource answer questions like: --how can a parent be less of a "helicopter" (hovering) and more of a "booster rocket" (uplifting)? --what do you do when your child wants to put off college to become a rock star? and --how will you keep from wanting to kill each other? Contributors include: Jane Hamilton David Latt Neal Pollack Joe Queenan Anne Roark Debra Shaver Anna Quindlen Ellen Waterston

The Parent's Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum

The Parent's Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum
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Publisher : AAPC Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1934575895
ISBN-13 : 9781934575895
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Parent's Guide to College for Students on the Autism Spectrum by : Jane Thierfeld Brown

A parent-friendly book, made especially so because it is written by parents who also are autism professionals, that takes the fear and mystery out of the college experience.

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be

Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9781455532698
ISBN-13 : 145553269X
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by : Frank Bruni

Read award-winning journalist Frank Bruni's New York Times bestseller: an inspiring manifesto about everything wrong with today's frenzied college admissions process and how to make the most of your college years. Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. In Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be, Frank Bruni explains why this mindset is wrong, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are students' efforts in and out of the classroom, not the name on their diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that--and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education.

Parents' College Survival Guide

Parents' College Survival Guide
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Publisher : Lighthouse Financial Publishing as a Division of L
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0983605505
ISBN-13 : 9780983605508
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Parents' College Survival Guide by : MR John S. Groleau Groleau Msfs

PLAN, SAVE, SUCCEED 57% of students take up to 6 years to get a bachelors degree 37% of college freshman don't go back sophomore year 44% never graduate at all A Certified College Planning Specialist with 25 years experience, John Groleau helps families reduce their college education costs. It started with his mother, JoAnne, the first college graduate in his family. Now, together with his wife, Layla and their four children, the Groleau family helps parents and students with the many challenges of planning successfully for college. Their proven strategies have helped hundreds of families including their own, having successfully navigated through the college experience with their four children. In this timely book, the Groleaus, lead by John, share their extensive knowledge to help both parents and their children choose the colleges, pay as little as possible while getting the finest education and most importantly, thrive in their college experiences for a lifetime of success.

The Thinking Parent's Guide to College Admissions

The Thinking Parent's Guide to College Admissions
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 276
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0143037412
ISBN-13 : 9780143037415
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Thinking Parent's Guide to College Admissions by : Eva Ostrum

Furnishes a guide on how to negotiate the college admissions process, offering advice, tools, and procedures that cover everything from the college application timetable to writing an effective application essay.