College Guides category: 546 books
College Application Essays Without the Crazy
Ten Tips for a Terrific Essay
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Do you want to write a great application essay? One that admissions officers will love? This is the book for you. Written by an expert with over thirty years of experience in the college admissions world, this book offers time-tested advice to students stressing out about their application essays....
The College Student's Guide to the Law
Get a Grade Changed, Keep Your Stuff Private, Throw a Police-Free Party, and More!
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2005
Knowing how to post bail and get out of jail in fifteen minutes is darn handy for almost everyone. For a disoriented 18-year-old who's found himself in a pinch, it's downright necessary. College kids are naïve, eager, and prone to trouble, and whether they're funneling beer or fighting sweatshop...
How to Prepare a Standout College Application
Expert Advice that Takes You from LMO* (*Like Many Others) to Admit
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Demystifying the process of completing a college application
Written by two former admissions officers at top universities and current admissions coaches, this book is a must-have for preparing a winning college application. The authors reveal the mystery behind what college admissions officers...
by Prof. Lazy
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2017
COLLEGES DON'T WANT YOU TO READ THIS BOOK!
Do you know how to slack off and still ace college classes?
Do you know how to understand subjects by barely cracking a book?
Do you know how to find extra time for a social life while still making the dean's list?
Did anyone tell...
The Independent Teenager's Guide to College Admissions
How to Make the Process Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
The Independent Teenager's Guide to College Admissions offers students a self-directed, responsible, and enterprising approach to their transition from high school to college. Written by a professional with decades of experience as a college counselor and English teacher, the booklet brims with advice...
by Chris Wise Tiedemann
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
"College Success for Students With Physical Disabilities" is a college planning guide for students with physical disabilities and chronic medical conditions. Students will learn about their rights under the laws governing education and disability, self-advocacy, choosing a college, how having...
I'll Miss You Too
The Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The only guide to college with honest advice from both the parent and student point of view
Am I ready for college? What will change? How will we stay connected? Mother-daughter team Margo Woodacre and Steffany Carey began their college journey as most parents and students do—full of excitement...
10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Revised
The Skills You Need to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate—revised and updated for today’s economic and academic landscapes.
Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills...
More Than Majors
How to use your time in college to find your dream job, Guide to College Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
College life offers students many options for how to spend their time. This guide shares the author's insights for balancing college time to land your dream job after graduation. It's a great gift for high school seniors which can be used as a pocket guide for all four years of college. Learn how...
by Catherine Prendergast
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Can I use “I” in my college paper?
The short answer: Yes.
But keep reading.
Even if you don’t like college writing—no, even if you hate college writing—this guide will get you through it. It offers clear and concise answers to your questions about writing college papers.
Find...
Harvard Schmarvard
Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Smarten Up—It's Time to Choose the Right College
Think that your life's growth, success, and happiness depend on which college you attend? The higher-profile school, the better, right? Wrong! Neither is true.
Written by, yes, a Harvard grad, Harvard Schmarvard rebuts the perception that image is...
Dean's List
Ten Strategies for College Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
All of your hard work in high school has paid off: you have a solid GPA, numerous extracurricular achievements to your name, and an acceptance letter from an excellent college. Now what? What can you expect from the college experience, and how can you get the most out of it? This book will answer...
by Edward Fiske, Bruce Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
"A first-rate introduction." —Booklist
Get Accepted To The College That's Right For You
Everyone has their own idea of the perfect college. The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is the only admissions guide that starts with an in-depth assessment of your priorities,...
by Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
The only guidebook of its kind to combine extensive narrative college profiles with detailed data and statistics on each institution, this tome reports on more than 300 colleges and universities, addressing their academics, majors, student life, athletics, student body, distinguished alumni, admissions/financial...