Download or read book College Admission written by Robin Mamlet and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Admission is the ultimate user's manual and go-to guide for any student or family approaching the college application process. Featuring the wise counsel of more than 50 deans of admission, no other guide has such thorough, expert, compassionate, and professional advice. Let’s be honest: applying to college can be stressful for students and parents. But here’s the good news: you can get in. Robin Mamlet has been dean of admission at three of America's most selective colleges, and journalist and parent Christine VanDeVelde has been through the process first hand. With this book, you will feel like you have both a dean of admission and a parent who has been there at your side. Inside this book, you'll find clear, comprehensive, and expert answers to all your questions along the way to an acceptance letter: • The role of extracurricular activities • What it means to find a college that's the "right fit" • What's more important: high grades or tough courses • What role does testing play • The best candidates for early admission • When help from parents is too much help • Advice for athletes, artists, international students, and those with learning differences • How wait lists work • Applying for financial aid This will be your definitive resource during the sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school.
Download or read book The Price of Admission Updated Edition written by Daniel Golden and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of superprivilege.”—Michael Wolff, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Fire and Fury, in the New York Times Book Review NOW WITH NEW REPORTING ON OPERATION VARSITY BLUES In this explosive and prescient book, based on three years of investigative reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Golden shatters the myth of an American meritocracy. Naming names, along with grades and test scores, Golden lays bare a corrupt system in which middle-class and working-class whites and Asian Americans are routinely passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, and celebrities. He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like horseback riding and crew. With a riveting new chapter on Operation Varsity Blues, based on original reporting, The Price of Admission is a must-read—not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans. Praise for The Price of Admission “A disturbing exposé of the influence that wealth and power still exert on admission to the nation’s most prestigious universities.”—The Washington Post “Deserves to become a classic.”—The Economist
Download or read book Applying to American Universities and Colleges for Parents and Students written by Krystal Ann Flores and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more students engage the help of an education consultant when applying for colleges, how can students have an edge over their competition Often times, students go about the application process on their own or seek the advice of an agency, many of which are led by individuals who have not personally experienced applying to and being accepted by elite American colleges. Regardless of a student''s choice, this book provides students and parents with an in-depth, holistic view of American college applications. In a competitive applicant market where it is increasingly difficult to gain acceptance into top universities, specific useful insights found in this book are necessary for students and parents who want to succeed. This book discusses successful and unsuccessful application trends and guides readers on how to avoid common mistakes. The author, who was accepted to 18 universities and graduated from Yale University, knows the entire application range. Having spent several years in China working with students on college applications, she has knowledge of both the Western and Asian systems that would help international applicants OCo particularly Asian students OCo in their endeavors."
Download or read book The Qualified Student written by Harold S. Wechsler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Qualified Student Harold S. Wechsler focuses on methods of student selection used by institutions of higher education in the United States. More specifically, he discusses the way that college and university reformers employed those methods to introduce higher education into a broader cross-section of America, by extending access to an increased number of students from nontraditional backgrounds. Implicit in much of this book is an underlying social and ethical question: How legitimate was and is higher education's regulation of social mobility? Public concern over colleges' and universities' practices became inevitable once they became regulators between social classes. The challenging of colleges' admissions policies in the courts augments similar concerns that have been present in legislatures for decades. The volume is divided into three main sections: Prerequisites, Columbia and the Selective Function, and Implications. It focuses mainly on four universities, The University of Michigan, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the City University of New York. Wechsler maintains that unlike other universities, these institutions were pacesetters; they did not adopt a new policy simply because some other college had already adopted it. A new introduction brings the book, originally published in 1977, up to date and demonstrates its continuing importance in today's academic world of selective admissions.
Download or read book Admission to American Colleges written by Benjamin Fine and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating a Class written by Mitchell L Stevens and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In real life, Stevens is a professor at Stanford University. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine.
Download or read book American Universities and Colleges written by Praeger Publishers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 1661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For well over a half century, American Universities and Colleges has been the most comprehensive and highly respected directory of four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. A two-volume set that Choice magazine hailed as a most important resource in its November 2006 issue, this revised edition features the most up-to-date statistical data available to guide students in making a smart yet practical decision in choosing the university or college of their dreams. In addition, the set serves as an indispensable reference source for parents, college advisors, educators, and public, academic, and high school librarians. These two volumes provide extensive information on 1,900 institutions of higher education, including all accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. This essential resource offers pertinent, statistical data on such topics as tuition, room and board; admission requirements; financial aid; enrollments; student life; library holdings; accelerated and study abroad programs; departments and teaching staff; buildings and grounds; and degrees conferred. Volume two of the set provides four indexes, including an institutional Index, a subject accreditation index, a levels of degrees offered index, and a tabular index of summary data by state. These helpful indexes allow readers to find information easily and to make comparisons among institutions effectively. Also contained within the text are charts and tables that provide easy access to comparative data on relevant topics.
Download or read book College Choice in America written by Charles F. Manski and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most crucial choice a high school graduate makes is whether to attend college or to go to work. Here is the most sophisticated study of the complexities behind that decision. Based on a unique data set of nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools who were tracked over several years, the book treats the following questions in detail: Who goes to college? Does low family income prevent some young people from enrolling, or does scholarship aid offset financial need? How important are scholastic aptitude scores, high school class rank, race, and socioeconomic background in determining college applications and admissions? Do test scores predict success in higher education? Using the data from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972, the authors present a set of interrelated analyses of student and institutional behavior, each focused on a particular aspect of the process of choosing and being chosen by a college. Among their interesting findings: most high school graduates would be admitted to some four-year college of average quality, were they to apply; applicants do not necessarily prefer the highest-quality school; high school class rank and SAT scores are equally important in college admissions; federal scholarship aid has had only a small effect on enrollments at four-year colleges but a much stronger effect on attendance at two-year colleges; the attention paid to SAT scores in admissions is commensurate with the power of the scores in predicting persistence to a degree. This clearly written book is an important source of information on a perpetually interesting topic.
Download or read book International Admissions written by Mandee Heller Adler and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain the tools and resources needed to find and get into U.S. colleges and universities, including the world's top private and public schools. Learn what you need to do in high school and on your own time to make a college desire you as a student at their institution. Recognize how to choose a school that meets your needs and goals. Make your skills, achievements, and potential shine through on your college applications, in interviews, and during school visits. Learn how to make your background and experiences work for you. Are you ready? Expert college counselor Mandee Heller Adler and award-winning writer Aimee Heller will help you find success in an easy-to-follow way. All you need is the desire to study in the U.S., advanced planning, and this book!
Download or read book Admissions Guide to American Colleges for International Students written by Andrew Dolan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows international students how to apply for admission to undergraduate universities in the United States. This third edition also shows international students how to transfer into American research universities from American community colleges. It tells where to find out the SAT(R), ACT(R) and TOEFL(R) scores needed to get admitted to American colleges from print and online directories, and how to avoid common mistakes on college admission essays. It explains where to get information about financial aid for international students, and how to obtain detailed inside information about individual colleges that is not available from college directories and web sites. This book shows how to apply to multiple American colleges using a common application, and how to transfer into four-year colleges and universities. This book tells international students what to do while studying in American undergraduate schools to improve their chances of admission to selective American graduate schools, and includes the web sites of over a hundred major American colleges. TABLE OF CONTENTS TYPES OF COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES HOW TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TRANSFER INTO A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS HOW AMERICAN COLLEGES DECIDE WHO TO ADMIT GET READY FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL WHILE IN COLLEGE WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION * ACT(R) Test * SAT(R) Test * SAT(R) And ACT(R) Test Scores Needed For Admission * Print Directories * Online Databases * TOEFL(R) Test * TOEFL(R) Test Scores Needed For Admission * IELTS Test * Guides To Individual Colleges Written By Students * Common Application Program * College Fairs * College Admissions Essays * English Writing Skills * Financial Aid For International Undergraduates * Books About Education In American Colleges * Admission to Graduate Schools * Web Sites Of Large American Four-Year Colleges And Community Colleges
Download or read book Comparative Guide to American Colleges written by James Cass and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chosen written by Jerome Karabel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.
Download or read book Colleges That Change Lives written by Loren Pope and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-25 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include: Evaluations of each school's program and "personality" Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans Information on the progress of graduates This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.
Download or read book America s Elite Colleges written by Dave Berry and published by The Princeton Review. This book was released on 2001 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers practical suggestions, strategies, and tips to help readers gain admission to thirty-two selective colleges.
Download or read book Admissions Guide to American Colleges for International Students written by Andrew Dolan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows international students how to apply for admission to undergraduate colleges in the United States. It tells where to find out the SAT(r), ACT(r) and TOEFL(r) scores needed to get admitted to American colleges from print and online directories, and how to avoid common mistakes on college admission essays. It explains where to get information about financial aid for international students, and how to obtain detailed inside information about individual colleges that is not available from college directories and web sites. This book shows how to apply to multiple American colleges using a common application, and how to transfer into four-year colleges and universities. This book tells international students what to do while studying in American undergraduate schools to improve their chances of admission to selective American graduate schools, and includes the web sites of over a hundred major American colleges.The author of this book is also the author of "PhD Admissions Guide For International Students: How To Apply To American Doctoral Programs"
Download or read book Complete Book of Colleges written by Princeton Review (Firm) and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 1599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Target the schools that best match your interests and goals! TheComplete Book of Collegesprofiles all of the four-year colleges in the U.S. (more than 1,600!) and is the key to a successful college search. Complete Book of Collegesis packed with all of the information that prospective applicants need to know, including the details on: ·Academics ·Admissions requirements ·Application procedures ·Tuition and fees ·Transferring options ·Housing ·Financial Aid ·Athletics …and much, much more! Fully updated for 2010, theComplete Book of Collegescontains all of the latest information about each school. Its unique “Admissions Wizard” questionnaire is designed to help you find schools that meet your individual needs. With competition for college admission at an all-time high, count on The Princeton Review to provide you with the most thorough and accurate guidance on the market.
Download or read book Creating a Class written by Mitchell L. Stevens and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In real life, Mitchell Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New England college that is known for its high academic standards, beautiful campus, and social conscience. Ambitious high schoolers and savvy guidance counselors know that admission here is highly competitive. But creating classes, Stevens finds, is a lot more complicated than most people imagine. Admissions officers love students but they work for the good of the school. They must bring each class in "on budget," burnish the statistics so crucial to institutional prestige, and take care of their colleagues in the athletic department and the development office. Stevens shows that the job cannot be done without "systematic preferencing," and racial affirmative action is the least of it. Kids have an edge if their parents can pay full tuition, if they attend high schools with exotic zip codes, if they are athletes--especially football players--and even if they are popular. With novelistic flair, sensitivity to history, and a keen eye for telling detail, Stevens explains how elite colleges and universities have assumed their central role in the production of the nation's most privileged classes. Creating a Class makes clear that, for better or worse, these schools now define the standards of youthful accomplishment in American culture more generally.
