How to Be Irresistible to Colleges: The Essential Guide to Being Accepted

by Eric Dawson, Lynda Herring

Overview

Finding the right college is like searching for the perfect mate. You narrow your prospects (short list of schools), write love letters (admission essays), pay for fancy dinners (financial aid and scholarships), and even deal with rejection. It's confusing and stressful. But when you do find that perfect match, it's life changing...and worth all the effort.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781932662580
Publisher:	Supercollege, Llc
Publication date:	04/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	992 KB

About the Author

Eric Dawson and Lynda Herring are both college counselors and teachers at Kent Denver School in Englewood, Colorado. They both live in Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

A Note About Terminology ix

Prologue: How This Book Is Different xiii

Chapter 1 The Glamour of Falling in Love: A few thoughts about the hype 1

Chapter 2 So ... Who Are You, Anyway?: The importance of knowing yourself with ten questions to help 7

Chapter 3 Timing Is Everything: The calendar 27

Chapter 4 Checking Out the Field: Knowing your resources 35

Chapter 5 Setting up Your Little Black Book: Creating a balanced list of good matches 45

Chapter 6 Pre-Date Primping: Course work, standardized tests, and EA/ED 67

Chapter 7 The First Date: The interview and visits 81

Chapter 8 Meet the Parents: How to let your parents have a say without their dominating your every waking thought 91

Chapter 9 The Love Letter: The application, essay, and other paperwork 97

Chapter 10 How to Play the Game: Diversity, athletics, legacy, first-generation college, development office candidacy... 127

Chapter 11 Paying for Dinner: Financial aid and scholarships 133

Chapter 12 The Wait: Waiting for an answer 141

Chapter 13 Mixed Messages-The Wait List: What you can do if it happens to you 145

Chapter 14 Dealing with the Hurt: Rejection 151

Chapter 15 Taking a Break or "Finding Yourself": The gap year 155

Chapter 16 Love the One You're With: Making your choice and liking it 157

Chapter 17 When Things Go South: The transfer 163

Chapter 18 Marriage: How to succeed in college: tips from former students 167

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