Bound-for-college guidebook : a step-by-step guide to finding and applying to colleges / Frank Burtnett.
"From exploration to enrollment, everything the student needs to know and successfully navigate the high school to college transition"-- Provided by publisher.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781475861815
- ISBN: 1475861818
- Physical Description: xiv, 187 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: 3rd edition.
- Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | How colleges admit students: anatomy of an admission decision -- College exploration: getting off on the right foot -- A calendar of exploration, decision-making, and application tasks -- The first step: taking a look at you -- Mounting a search: getting answers to your college questions ; High school course selection: relevance to college admission -- Learning about college options: getting the best information -- Using the internet to explore and apply to colleges -- Making the most of the college fair experience -- Campus visits: getting ready to go -- Campus visits: being there and afterward -- Admission plans: modes of admission access -- Degree of difficulty: understanding the admission competition -- Admission tests: how they are used and strategies for preparation -- Admission essays: putting forth your best effort -- Narrowing options: deciding where to apply -- The college application: making it work for you -- Understanding college costs -- Types and sources of student financial aid -- Making financial aid forms work for you -- After the application: what happens next? -- Off to college: getting ready for your first year -- Parents and the high school to college transition -- Educational success: how counselors can help you -- School to college: counselors as your allies -- Learning from the experts: reflections of veteran deans and directors of admission -- Some closing words about expectations. |
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