Fiske Countdown to College

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Overview

Getting Ready for College!

From the author of the #1 bestselling Fiske Guide to Colleges, Fiske Countdown to College breaks down the entire college prep process-from freshman year through graduation-into dozens of easy checklists that will keep you on track through every year of high school. From 9th grade questions about honors and AP classes through the standardized tests of 10th and 11th grade and all the way to the essays, applications, and eventual acceptance of senior year, let Fiske Countdown to College make it all a lot simpler.

Wherever you are in preparing for college, make this handy guide for students and parents your companion.

The top 5 myths of college Admission

The college Search "Don't" list

5 Things to know about honors, AP, and 1B courses

Why being undecided About Your Future Major Is Ok

Inside the PSAT, ACT, SAT (and other dreaded acronyms)

Truth and rumors about athletics and admission

10 to-dos (and 5 do-not-dos) for your college application

Featuring checklists for both students and parents, plus stress-busting dos and don'ts for the whole process, this handy book will keep you organized through the entire process.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781402218972
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2009
Edition description: Original
Pages: 135
Sales rank: 130,049
Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as Education Editor of the New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He wrote the bestselling annual, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, to help them.

Bruce G. Hammond was editor in chief of The Insider's Guide to the Colleges and was managing editor of four editions of The Fiske Guide to Colleges. He is the author of Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges and is the school and college expert at Parent Soup, a division of iVillage.com.

Introduction: Fasten Your Seat Belts v

Grade 9 1

List #1 Getting a Good Start

List #2 Learn about Honors, AP, and IB Courses

List #3 High School Begins

List #4 What to Do with an Underachiever

Grade 10 15

List #5 College Looms Closer

List #6 Registering for the Tests

List #7 Get Informed about the SAT Subject Tests

List #8 The Truth about Test Prep

List #9 The National Merit Program

List #10 The SAT and the ACT: What's the Difference?

List #11 Explore Careers

List #12 Know the Top Five Myths of College Admission

College Admission Pledge for Students

College Admission Pledge for Parents

Grade 11 43

List #13 Academics

List #14 Standardized Testing, Grade 11

List #15 The College Search, Grade 11, for Students

List #16 Find Out the Cost of a Year

List #17 The College Search Don't List, for Students

List #18 The College Search, Grade 11, for Parents

List #19 Know the Facts about Athletics and Admissions

List #20 The College Search Don't List, for Parents

List #21 Making the Most of College Visits

List #22 College Visit Don't List

List #23 The Summer after Grade 11

Grade 12 79

List #24 Standardized Testing, Grade 12

List #25 Getting Teacher Recommendations

List #26 Early Decision and Early Action

List #27 The College Search, Grade 12, for Students

List #28 The Application Don't List

List #29 The College Search, Grade 12, for Parents

List #30 Get to Know the Admissions Officers

List #31 Get Informed about the Performing Arts Application Process

List #32 The Scholarship Search

List #33 Surviving the Essay

List #34 College Essay Don't List

List #35 The Financial Aid Process

List #36 Winter of SeniorYear

List #37 After the Acceptances, for Students

List #38 Handling the Waitlist

List #39 After the Acceptances, for Parents

List #40 The Summer before College

List #41 Letting Go

Epilogue 136

College Counselors Advisory Group 137

Notes 139

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