Admissions Books

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I just received a college scholarship to play baseball at a Division I school and I owe it all to this book. It took me through the whole sports recruiting and college application process step-by-step. If it weren't for what I learned in this book, I never would have written to coaches and told them I wanted to play for their teams (I thought they'd come to me!); I never would have known that spring-sport athletes have to contact coaches in their junior (not senior) season; and I sure wouldn't have understood all the dos and don'ts of the NCAA regulations. I haven't even begun my senior year season yet and I'm already signed up to play in college! Thank you to the authors for helping me achieve my dream of playing college ball.

College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family, by Steven Roy Goodman et al. is an outstanding new work which should have an immediate place in the homes of all parents and children contemplating the utterly complex and confusing college admission process in the immediate or not so immediate future. Clearly written, sensitively thought out, brimming with examples, College Admissions Together has one general theme; no one child can pass through the college admissions process today alone, without the help and assistance of his or her family. More pertinently, the authors argue, the family must be understanding, patient, helpful and loving in their attitudes and assistance towards the college applicant, rather than judgmental, harsh or critical.

College Admissions Together is full of examples of what NOT to do as parents, and shamefully, you or I might well recognize some parental behaviors that we may have engaged in in the past that will not and cannot assist our children in the complex and difficult burden of applying to college. The authors stress harmony, understanding and love, along with respect for the child-applicant; affirmation and positive thinking rather than negativity and disapproval; and in all respects, achieving a positive result through goal oriented actions as a cohesive group.

Achieving what College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family and its authors want us to do will not be easy; it may require time, and breaking down some walls and barriers, including speaking to our children as adults and sentient beings. But in the end, the approach urged by this book and its authors makes sense, and plenty of it.

This is a must-read for all parents, and also all students, contemplating college in the next 1-6 years.

--Maria M. Zissimos, Esquire, Attorney at Law

Nearly three hundred original college lists, all compiled by the staff of The Princeton Review, lists almost any criteria a college applicant or parent might find important, from outstanding academic programs by major to schools with the highest percentages of students receiving financial aid, academic opportunities outside the classroom, and more. Any collection, whether it be high school or public lending library, catering to college-bound patrons needs this.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Whoa! I really don't agree with that lone review (currently). I wonder if the person even read the book? Helping people is not right wing, only left wing? There are a myriad of community service projects that these colleges support and finance. This book is very thorough in giving many examples of the types of projects and support available. Here are a few off-hand. Preparing meals and giving them to poor people, teaching children, helping with voter registration, fixing environmental toxicity in village's water supply, building houses in Honduras during spring break.

Great guide. Now they need to inform the reader that the best kept secret in American colleges is West Point. Did you know that, even though West Point is all FULL scholarships and even though it ranks with Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in all-time Rhodes Scholarships, everyone who really wants to get in has a good chance of it? Here's some free advice. Before you do anything else, find out what West Point is all about. Get a hold of the book "West Point: Character Leadership Education" by Norman Thomas Remick.

I found myself caught up in this book from cover to cover the night I received it. The author has a sarcastic humor yet a realistic serious approach to giving you the low down on everything that has to do with law schools. See for yourself, there is a chapter for everything from the LSAT (I found that part reallty helpful, the author gives several helpful pointers) to employment considerations, to every law school in the nation! The first half of the book is very practical and is for anyone considering law school, whether the thought crossed your head one time or whether you are applying or planning to go to law school. The second half contains all the 411 on the schools, when to apply, avg GPA/LSAT, ratios, etc. All in all, this book is filled with realistic practical information, and often, things you never realized (like exactly HOW to impress admissions with your personal statement).

This book has it all.From freshman to senior year of high school,it shows you how to prepare your strenghs(academic,social,sports) to have a good chance of getting into your favorite college.It helps you discover which collage is best for you. Taking you step-by-step through the application process,it gives you sound advice and valuable hints for covering all those college-application bases.A life-saver!

Princeton review people have proven that they actually KNOW what they are doing. However, I couldn't get my RevieWare Software when I bought the book. Instead I got 4 sample tests. Why? RevieWare Software is (in fact seems to be) a practical tool for the GMAT student, but it is not there, even though is fully explained in the book.

I'm probably not the best reviewer for this product since I haven't yet taken the exam yet, and this is also the first book I ordered to study for it. I've read through it and I have to say that it is very easy to approach and that the writer has picked good examples to explain. This isn't the end-all-be-all, but I'm very happy I started with this book. Next up... the bibles. A great thing about this book over the older one is that it was updated to include the new reading questions (with two passages). The videos were only slightly better than useless! Get the cheaper version and put the savings toward old tests. I'd say best of luck, but you might hurt the scoring scale ;-)