The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education

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Overview

Good-bye, Old School. Hello, Bold School!

In 2005, Maya Frost and her husband sold everything and left their suburban American lifestyle behind in order to have an adventure abroad. The tricky part: they had to shepherd their four teenage daughters through high school and into college. This hilarious and conspiratorial how-to handbook describes the affordable, accessible, and stunningly advantageous options they stumbled upon that any American student can leverage to get an outrageously relevant global education.

Ready to ditch the drama of the traditional hypercompetitive SAT/AP/GPA path? Meet the bold American students who are catapulting into the global economy at twenty with a red-hot college diploma, sizzling 21st-century skills, a blazing sense of direction–and no debt.

You’ll discover:
• the one thing preventing your student from blasting forward
• why Advanced Placement isn’t so advanced
• why international programs fail to provide a truly global education
• the most critical time for your student to study abroad
• the best exchange program in the world ($3,000 or less per year)
• the strategic way to fast-forward through high school
• how to maximize a family sabbatical
• how to live the life of your dreams abroad–and save thousands for college

Packed with myth-busting facts, laughable loopholes, insider insights, astonishing success stories, and poignant tales from the Frost daughters themselves, this inspiring romp is guaranteed to get you cheering.

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Faced with the prospect of having three children in college at the same time, Frost and her family decided to bypass the paradigm of higher education in the United States. Through trial and error (and no small amount of boldness), all four of her children received a global education that inspired them to get started on their career passions faster, and less expensively, than their peers on traditional education tracks. This book not only tells the story of how they (and others) did it but also provides a strong argument for approaching education this way. Frost's prose is engaging, and she frequently illustrates her points with the stories of successful young adults in their own voices. She also offers advice for parents who may feel overwhelmed or pressured to conform by their neighbors and families, addressing many of the situations they may find themselves in should they choose to take their children's education in a nontraditional, global direction.
—Anna Creech

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307450623
  • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 5/19/2009
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 477,934
  • Product dimensions: 5.15 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

MAYA FROST is a writer, researcher, and teacher. She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Visit her online at NewGlobalStudent.com.
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  • Posted June 27, 2010

    Money-Saving, Eye-Opening Guide for Astute Parents & Students!

    After reading a library copy of Maya's book, I'm now buying my own to use as a continued reference over the next several years of my teen daughter's education. The author freely admits that all of the innovative methods she describes aren't for every student. It's for open-minded, proactive readers who know their student to decide which are and which aren't. Just one useful tip that's implemented, however, can potentially impact your family's educational budget & your student's debt commitment while changing a young person's life and future for the better in ways you and the student probably haven't even imagined! Many of Maya's ideas have been closely-guarded secrets, since higher education in the U.S. is a job-laden & profitable industry full of vested interests seeking to retain their gatekeeper status. She informs readers very clearly and even entertainingly (with many widely-varied students' personal success stories) about how to navigate and sometimes circumvent the established system to acquire the most valuable academic and life-experience credentials--and even more importantly, a truly useful, in-depth global perspective & education--in the most time-efficient and cost-effective ways. A great resource for parents and students to have on your bookshelf, refer to often, and overcome your "fego" (fear and ego) to ACTUALLY USE!

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