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The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You
256Overview
From the staff of Washington Monthly comes a new kind of college guide, inspired by and including the magazine's signature alternative college rankings. The Other College Guide features smartly designed, engaging chapters on finding the best-fit schools and the real deal about money, loans, and preparing for the world of work. This essential higher ed handbook also highlights information on what to look for (and watch out for) in online programs and for-profit colleges and concludes with fifty profiles of remarkable but frequently overlooked schools. All things being unequal, The Other College Guide will provide American studentsand their families and school counselorswith the honest and practical information they need to make sense of the college process and carve a path to the future they imagine.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781620970065 |
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Publisher: | New Press, The |
Publication date: | 03/10/2015 |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 789,247 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Paul Glastris was special assistant and senior speechwriter to President Bill Clinton for three years, during which time he wrote over 200 speeches for the president on subjects ranging from education to health care to the budget. Glastris was also co-creator of the president's "DC Reads this Summer" program. Before joining the White House, Glastris spent ten years as a correspondent and editor at U.S. News & World Report.
Table of Contents
1 Choosing To Go:
An Introduction to this Guide 1
2 Moving Up in the World:
Setting Goals and Imagining Your Future 13
Helpful Tools
Careers Clusters Interest Survey 26
Career Clusters Linked to Your Interests 30
3 If The School Fits, Pick It:
Finidng Your Type of College 39
Helpful Tools
Request for Admission Application Fee Waiver 50
The Four-Way Fit: Questions to Ask Yourself 61
The Four-Way Fit Worksheet: Build Your Own Rankings 65
4 The Other College Rankings:
Making a List of the Right Schools For You 67
Helpful Tools
The Four-Way Fit + Rankings Worksheet 94
The Washington Monthly's College Rankings
Best-Bang-for-the-Buck Colleges (by region) 95
Affordable Elite Colleges 165
Best Community Colleges 177
Best-Bang-for-the-Buck HBCU's 180
5 Troubled Waters:
The Community College Transfer Swamp 185
Helpful Tools
Sample Schedule and Milestones Chart 194
6 The Here and Now:
Taking Stock of Where You Are 199
Helpful Tools
College-going Activities Plan (9th-12th grade) 204
Sample Senior Timeline Table 216
Asking for Help: A List of Questions 219
7 Tasting Victory:
Preparing to Succeed 221
8 Families are Complicated:
The Tricky Business of Transitions 235
Helpful Tools
Sample Student Consent Form for Release of Information 246
9 Getting In:
Demystifying College Admission 247
Helpful Tools
How's the Fit? Grid 267
10 It's All About the Benjamins:
How To Pay For College 271
Helpful Tools
Cost Comparison Worksheet 295
Glossary of Financial Aid Terms 296
11 Carpe Diem:
Making The Most of Your First Year 299
12 Keep Up the Good Work:
Employment After College 317
13 Do Unto Others:
Non Profit and Public Sector Careers 331
50 Schools You Should Know About
Midwest 346
Northeast 356
South 365
Southeast 375
West 386
Acknowledgments 397
Notes 400