基本信息·出版社：Ten Speed Press ·页码：194 页 ·出版日期：2001年09月 ·ISBN：1580083005 ·条形码：9781580083003 ·装帧：平装 ·外文书名：大学 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Ten Speed Press
·页码：194 页
·出版日期：2001年09月
·ISBN：1580083005
·条形码：9781580083003
·装帧：平装
·外文书名：大学入学申请指南
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Applying to college is the culmination of years of hard work late-night study sessions, grueling SAT preparation, and hours of dedication to extracurricular activities. It’s also a process that often overwhelms both students and parents. In this collection of insightful, candid advice from college-counseling guru Joyce Slayton Mitchell, students and parents will find the core information they need to confidently research colleges, write essays, fill out applications, make sense of financial aid and interviews, and, most important, win the heart of many a college admissions dean. Completely revised and updated with thorough coverage of the new SATs, a new chapter on April decisions, and attention to institutional priorities, WINNING THE HEART OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEAN is your guide to navigating the college selection and application process with sanity and hope.
作者简介 JOYCE SLAYTON MITCHELL is director of college advising at the Nightingale-Bamford School. Mitchell serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the College Board Review and on the school committee of U.S. News & World Report‘s special college issue.Mitchell lives and works in New York City.
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From Publishers Weekly Americans spend millions of dollars each year trying to give their children an edge in the college admissions process. In Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean: An Expert''s Advice for Getting into College, Joyce Slayton Mitchell packs 35 years of college counseling experience into one concise admission guidebook, providing practical advice on such topics as researching colleges, improving standardized testing scores, writing essays and interviewing. With intelligence, ease and a sense of humor, Mitchell helps students get through the stressful college admissions process.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-While many students believe a stellar academic performance may be needed to charm the admissions dean, the message of this straightforward guide is actually to "personalize the process" as much as possible. Deans are interested in "the numbers," meaning test scores, but second to that is "character and strength of person." Special interests are taken into account. Myths about the importance of test scores are dispelled, or at least put into perspective. Parents are advised not to spend money on expensive private consultants but rather to continue to let their child "practice the cello or collect model World War II tanks." Self-assessment is stressed, and a beginning chapter poses frank questions for readers to ask themselves. The author''s strength is in communicating with teenagers in a friendly, conversational style, with anecdotal commentary based on experience. Nitty-gritty details about the application process are included, and there are sections for Americans abroad and international, transfer, and gay students.
Vicki Reutter, Cazenovia High School, NY
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist Mitchell has a Web site, but readers won''t find much on scholarship applications. That''s not to say she''s not concerned about costs: she devotes a whole chapter to finances. But her upbeat, well-organized book (and her site) are more about getting in than getting by. She draws on many years of counseling devoted to helping give college-bound teens confidence and a say of their own in the selection process. She includes a broad range of information--on selection, testing, applying--all the while emphasizing the necessity for personalizing the process, whether that means getting to know a high-school counselor, shaking hands with college reps, or writing an honest application essay. It''s a fine combination of solid advice and good sense, both of which will come in handy for teens and their families (parents get one chapter) during the stressful times.
Stephanie ZvirinCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
