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K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities, 8th Edition (College Admissions Guides)

Published in Paperback by Princeton Review (2005-09-06)

Author: Princeton Review

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"Program" or "Services" ???

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-12

If you are considering buying this book then you are likely a parent with a child with a learning disability. I am a parent of a child with a learning disability. I have found that I MUST advocate for my child. Entering College as a Freshman is another life transition. These life transitions can be so very difficult for these students. Students with IEPs in High School will likely need a Structured Program. "Services" will simply not be enough. "Services" require the student to seek them out. Students with learning disabilities entering college have not yet developed the maturity to be an advocate for themselves. Hence, the need for a "Program". These programs have additional fees indicating that they provide additional services not provided for students without a disability.

I like Peterson's Guide a bit more because it organizes those schools that have "Structured/Proactive Programs" from schools that simply have the services that all universities are required by federal law to provide. The Peterson Guide lists detailed information such as number of staff supporting the program, number of students enrolled, orientation, diagnostic testing, tutoring, written policies. Even if you have a copy that is a few years old you can still compare and contrast schools.

This is still an excellent guide.

Indespensable

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-08

This is a step by step comprehensive book that gives the steps for application, disclosure possibilities and acceptable testing formats. I highly recommend this book. It is worth the purchase price.

This book is outdated and inaccurate

Helpful Votes: 21 out of 32 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-16

Because all public colleges and universities have to make reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities (i.e. students who can perform the college work with minor adjustments), these guides are a waste of time, paper, and ink.

They imply that students with disabilities will only be eligible to receive accommodations at certain colleges--and those institutions are doing it as a 'favor' as opposed to this being the law.

As a person with disabilities myself who completed both her undergrad and graduate degree, I empathize with the high emotions that the prospective college students and their families might have while reading this book. I've also dealt with high school personnel who had formally discouraged me from going to college only because I had been in special education.

However, finding out federal and state laws (and remembering that your state cannot trump the federal laws with their programs) is a much more useful alternative than limiting oneself with outdated college application advice.

Yes, I dealt with a college administrator who attempted to kick me out because of my disability, but knowing my legal rights and responsibilities in the college environment made the critical difference. Subsequently that same administrator left while I went on to successfully complete my education at the same place I had initially enrolled at. Self-responsibility and advocacy is the key for an effective college experience.

If (and this is a very big if) Mary Beth Kravets and Imy Wax really wanted students with disabilities in college they would be insisting the same and providing their readership with accurate information. Shame on them for misleading people with outdated prescriptives!

K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities, 8tH Edition

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-07

I found the book to be very helpful in eliminating the schools that we were looking at without the need to visit. And also naming schools never even considered,
A wonderful guide for parents helping an ADD child to cope

Kaplan DAT 2008-2009 Edition (with CD-ROM) (Kaplan Dat (Dental Admission Test))

Published in Paperback by Kaplan Publishing (2008-05-06)

Author: Kaplan

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Great Help!

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-17

I was hesitant to purchase the book at first because I had already taken the Princeton Review Course for the MCAT. However, I learned more from this Kaplan DAT book than the $1700 Princeton Review course. It's in color so pictures are aesthetically pleasing. It also comes with little excerpts on the side provided by Kaplan to assist in memorizing hard concepts. At the end, there is also a perforated guide to the most important, most tested materials on the DAT. The CD was filled with tests. I expected it to be filled with animations on hard to understand concepts, but I can't complain. I can just Google those. Overall very happy.

Kaplan DAT

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-15

I'm only a quarter of the way through this book, but I can already tell you that it's a quality review tool. It's detailed enough to give you all the information you'll need to know for the exam, yet concise enough to articulate the information quickly and efficiently. My favorite part about his book is the DAT synopses, which sums the most important information up in a box, and the Kaplan Exclusives, which help you remember certain facts and principles easily.

Decent

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-28

This book is pretty good but its a little too broad. The ideas are unorganized and often it doesn't explain them very well. Other than that I still benefited from it. The most useful thing for the DAT that I found out was the Exam Krackers books that are designed for the MCAT.

skimpy on strategy

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-14

I'm taking an MCAT course this summer b/c I'm taking the MCAT and DAT. I'm studying science through my MCAT course, so I bought this book for PAT, math, and reading comp review. I also bought Barron's. Compared to Barron's the PAT and reading comp section are VERY skimpy. In Kaplan, the PAT questions seem too easy and they barely offer any tips on how to tackle them. I didn't have a strong grasp on PAT after reading it. The reading comp section is merely a practice reading comp test (how am I supposed to do well on it if they don't offer any strategy beforehand?). Barron's has a very comprehensive PAT section, which I highly recommend, and the reading section at least has some advice. I haven't taken a good look at the science sections yet, but Kaplan seems stronger in science than Barron's and it definitely has a bigger math section.

The main reason why I bought Kaplan is because it has a practice computer test, which is crucial for getting used to computer-based testing, and it's the most updated DAT study material available. I will also be purchasing the TopScore tests, which also just came out with a 2008 version for extra practice. In a nutshell, I wouldn't study for the DAT from the Kaplan book alone, but it seems like a good study guide overall.

Kaplan Newseek Medical School Admissions Adviser 2001 (Medical School Admissions Advisor, 2001)

Published in Paperback by Kaplan (2000-07-01)

Author: Kaplan

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review

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-22

This book is very frank about what it takes to get into med school. It is, at times, inspiring in that it made me want to pursue a career in medicine even more. But, the book is also very honest about the difficulty of getting into school as well as the not-so-fabulous aspects of being a doctor. I think it's a must-read for any serious pre-med.

Great Resource

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-05

This is a great book to use if you want honest, useful information on medical schools. Maria Lofftus, the author, was on the admissions committee at UC San Diego Medical School and does a great job of breaking down the process. One drawback: the book is hard to navigate through.

Good Preparation

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 24 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-27

This has all of the information needed to apply and become accepted at the medical school of your choice.

Not much help.

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-18

Unfortunatly, for those who are attempting to go to medical school, this book will not be much help. I found it to be extremely general and any information present in this book you either already know, or is completely useless.

MCAT Biological Sciences Flashcards (Flip-O-Matic)

Published in Paperback by Kaplan Publishing (2005-05-24)

Author: Kaplan

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Lame at best, waste of money at worst

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-18

Don't buy these, they just aren't that useful. If one were to take the time he/she spent looking at these crappy things and instead simply wrote the underlined words from the Examkrackers books onto note cards he or she would probably be better off. These pretty much suck. Buy the Nova physics and cartoon guides to phys and chem instead, that way you actually learn something. I hate myself for having bought these flashcards, and only hope that my children, should they be healthy and reach adulthood, will grow to both understand and forgive my transgressions.

Not Bad

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-15

I thought this product was good but I didn't receive it until right after I took the mcat. I did look at it and everything seemed to be in order and very helpful if you didn't want to make the cards yourself.

Sarah

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-18

Worth the money. An easy to use quick reference of key terms that you can take on-the-go. It won't cover all your study needs, but it does what it was intended to do well.

A+ for Absolutely Awesome

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-21

The person who made the previous post obviously didn't look very hard at the book or try to study with it, or they would have realized that the definitions upside-down beneath the words are NOT the definition to THAT word. This is a long, thin book of flashcards with a vocab word on the Front of the page and the definition on the Back of the same page. The book does go upside down, but this is because there are more words/defs printed upside-down, therefore using the entire page (since the single word/definitions only take up half a page). So the book read right-side up is Bio, and the book held upside down and read normally is half Bio and half Orgo Chem.
Personally, I love my MCAT Bio flipbook and keep it with me at all times. Also, they have the recommended function of bending down/cutting off the corner of a page once you've mastered the word, and have gray corners for this purpose. This is really handy for flipping past words you already know.
I give it an A+. The only reason I was even at this site is that I want to buy the Physical Sciences one now because I love the Bio so much. Handy and helpful.

Nocturnal Admissions: Behind the Scenes on the Sunday Night Sex Show

Published in Paperback by Ecw Press (2002-10)

Authors: R. J. Gulliver, Sue Johanson, and Julie Smith

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There's More Going on Here Than you Might Think!

Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2003-10-15

"Talk Sex" with Sue Johanson (formerly the Sunday Night Sex Show) is a popular show in Canada and is growing in popularity here in the United States. Much of the show's success can be attributed to the host and resident sexpert, Suzie J, but there are others who worked behind the cameras, in the sound room, in the call screening area, and all around the set to make the show the smooth- running operation that it appears to be. In this book, "Nocturnal Admissions", authors RJ Gulliver and Julie Smith (two people who also work on the show) take the reader backstage to meet the folks who help bring Talk Sex into the living rooms of millions.

This book is part biography, part social tabloid. There is one full chapter that covers Sue herself, discussing her young life and her brief stint as a nurse and later a radio talk show host. It was the latter that led her to the television screen. Her phone- in radio show was successful to the point that a television producer decided it would also perform high in the television ratings. He gave Sue her chance, and the show took off like a bursting prophylactic.

The rest of the book presents a humorous look at the other people on the show and some of the funny moments that have taken place on the set, both on camera and off. Finding someone on the show to test the various sex toys is often hilarious, and so are some of the interesting phone calls that sexually curious people call in and ask Sue. Some of the best ones are highlighted in the book. Some of the individual crew members are discussed briefly, too, along with a few black and white photos so you can match a name to a face.

Watching Talk Sex gives one the feeling that Sue is just about the only person involved in the making of the show. Nothing could be further from the truth as RJ Gulliver explains in the pages of "Nocturnal Admissions". This book lets you get a feel (no pun intended) for the people, the hectic schedule, and the hard work that goes into the production of a live television show. Sue might be the main star, but there are plenty of people who go out of their way to make sure that sexual education remains an inportant part of your weekly viewing pleasure.

Nocturnal Admissions : Behind the Scenes on the Sunday Night

Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-13

The Sunday Night Sex Show has been one of Canada's most popular shows on TV for years. Now here is your chance to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the show, its star and its programming. The author is the long time producer of the show, and close friend of the star, Sue. Who better to regale us with anecdotes about the show? Mr. Gulliver takes a light-hearted approach, and keeps the reader chuckling at the many hilarious calls and new products "screened" by the members of the show.

I found this book fun and easy to read, as well as giving me a closer look at the people involved with the show. I really enjoyed the many examples of real products sent for Sue to "test", and the interesting calls taken during the show. The book grabs your attention right away, and never lets it go.

I highly recommend this book to any fan (old or new) of the Sunday Night Sex show! Luckily for those of us in the US, this Canadian favorite is now available for us on cable.

Have fun and good reading!

Simply Irresistible!

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-10-06

This book is as irresistible as its two subjects: Sue Johanson and sex. Put them together - as the Sunday Night Sex Show and Talk Sex do - and you're in for a wild ride, on screen and on the page. Fans all over North America are used to Sue's frank, non-judgmental approach to talking about sex, so it's fascinating to learn about the terror that lurked behind the show's first episodes - would this work? What vocabulary would be accepted?

As we know, it all worked - and then some. The book traces the evolution of the show and reveals its inner workings and the personalities that put it together. Plus some of the best calls -the ones that made it to air and the ones that didn't.

There's lots of laugh-lout-loud humour in this book, blended with good information. There's a gripping chapter about Sue's background and her transition from bored housewife to sexpert. And great detail about the contents of the infamous Pleasure Chest and the mystery of toys that get lost in the night...

A real pleasure to read and a great gift, too. Simply irresistible

Good but not what I thought

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-09

I thought this would be more about the callers that don't make it to tv. It was more about the people behind the scenes. I enjoyed it, but it was not what it sounds like.

Pass Key to the LSAT

Published in Paperback by Barron''s Educational Series (2002-10-15)

Authors: Jerry, Ph.D. Bobrow and Jerry Bobrow

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Good for intended purposes

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-19

Obviously this should not be your only or primary source of LSAT prep if you're serious about getting a high score on the test. You should be studying with actual tests from the LSAC, powerscore, taking a prep course, etc. That said, this book provides good practice and useful advice in a very affordable and compact book, albeit with some poorly written questions that were overall, of a lower standard than what I've encountered in official LSAT tests. My rating therefore isn't based on a pure assessment of its test preparation credibility, as I would the Powerscore Logic Games Bible, but how I used it. LSAT prep is all about constant practice and reinforcing your brain to work a certain way. For the times when you're on the bus, have free time between classes, on a plane, waiting around with nothing to do...it's great to have this compact book around. It offers hundreds of practice problems to strengthen your skills and memory with certain strategies and problem types, which remain relevant even if the quality of these questions are sometimes substandard. No complaints. Just be sure to supplement your studies with more rigorous and complete books/tests/courses.

not a good predictor of actual score

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-07

I used this book mainly for the sample tests--but I found that I was scoring about 10 points worse on them than I was on actual, previously used LSATs or ones in other books. I don't think they use practice questions from LSAC, instead making them up (which does lower the price, but still...)

Decent studying tips

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-06

Pass Key to the LSAT provides good/basic study tips and guidelines for the LSAT. This book is recommended for its information, affordability, and user-friendly layout.

Great Deal

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-16

This book is much cheaper than any of the others out there. It is also smaller and lighter, making that much easier to carry around. There are three tests with answers explained. I would recommend getting 10 Actual LSAT Tests first, but if you really want more practice, or to use this as a warm up to 10 Actual LSAT Tests or something like that, then this is a a fantastic bargin. The tests are slightly easier, in my oppinion, than 10 Actual LSAT Tests, so just keep that in mind.

Paying for College without Going Broke, 2008 Edition (College Admissions Guides)

Published in Paperback by Princeton Review (2007-10-16)

Author: Princeton Review

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Very helpful, needed to read sooner

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-04

This book had great advice in it and it made the process of filling out financial aid paperwork a lot easier. It helps you understand how to set up your finances so you don't sabotage your childs chances of getting scholarhips, grants & financial aid. The only problem is I should have read this years earlier instead of when my son was in 11th grade. Even then, I was still able to find helpful information and apply it to our situation. Advice - read when your child is young and then read the updated version every couple of years to see what has changed with the laws surrounding aid, trusts, 529's, etc.

Princeton Review and Random House Both Goofed!

Helpful Votes: 10 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-25

Princeton Review and Random House both goofed with the 2008 edition: My copy of this book is missing pages, some are printed twice and some pages are out of sequence. The URL provided in this book for content updates and corrections by Princeton Review is bogus and returns a "page removed" error, not to mention that the overall maintenance of the Princeton Review website is very sloppy (...several dead links and much outdated content). For example, the Princeton Review bookstore website currently lists and sells only the 2004 edition of this book. With some 2008 college financial aid rules still in flux, Chany, Martz, Random House, and Princeton Review are letting buyers of the 2008 edition book down with poor quality control and by promising needed content updates online but providing a website link to nowhere instead.

Everything you need to know about funding college

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-21

The book does have everything you need to know. Mostly, it is get organized and schedule everything.

My Best College Money Books...

Helpful Votes: 5 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-09

This certainly ranks up there. My other choices for 2007, hands down:

1) How To Ace Your Way Through College & Still Have a Life
2) The College Guide
3) Fiske Guide to Colleges

Dr. Vernon M
Cambridge, MA

The Thinking Parent's Guide to College Admissions

Published in Kindle Edition by Penguin (2007-04-11)

Author: Eva Ostrum

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Average review score:

Alright for those with Resources

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-07

This is not a book which will give you sure-fire tips on how to get your kid into Harvard (there is no such thing) but what Eva Ostrum says matches in step with what admissions officers at America's most selective colleges are asking for. If you are the type of parent who needs a quick refresher on the process, this is a great guide which won't tell you how to repackage your kid into someone you don't recognize (unlike many other guides I've read). It'll fill you in on the SAT vs. ACT debate, what is really meant when admissions officers say they want to see "passion" in their applicants, and how to stay informed about what your child is doing without getting overly involved.

With that said, let me reiterate what an above reviewer stated that this is not a guide for the average parent. This is a guide (despite what it's marketed as or the author thinks it is) for the parents of kids who want to go to a selective college the likes of Lehigh or Brown. This is not for the parent of a student who wants to go to a state public or a local college. The advice she offers is gained from her experience as an admissions officer at Yale and as a private counselor.

Lastly, while this book might explain "nuances" of the process to an audience which has themselves already gone through the process, this book will not be a step-by-step guide for a parent hoping to learn how to help their first-generation college student get to college. Ostrum's advice relies heavily on your resources--financial, educational, social--and if you are wanting in any of these categories, her advice probably won't be too helpful. For example, Ostrum apologizes for the fact that students at expensive independent schools have access to counselors who know the admissions process inside and out while students at large, public schools often don't have the same "face time" with their guidance counselors and when they do, they often don't understand the intricate process of applying to selective colleges. If you feel overwhelmed dealing with researching colleges, she advises that you "find a qualified independent college counselor and pay for one or two sessions to get this information from an expert." She doesn't offer much in realistic strategies for such students who may not have the resources or the parental know-how of some of their wealthier peers. This is a guide largely written for middle-to-upper class parents who have always known their child will be going to a selective college and are just figuring out how to get them there.

Excellent Resource

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-03

Bought this book after seeing it at Swarthmore during a college visit with my child. It's been extremely useful for every step in this very challenging process. Highly recommend it.

Most Informative and Helpful

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-13

This book was Very helpful. All the information I needed and a lot of help on items I would have never thought of myself.

A little weak on real advice

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-13

As a college admissions professional, the author spends too much time on her former "upper east side" [...] clients instead of giving advice on how to get parents' "real world" students into the best college or university they should apply to and get accepted at.

The Complete Guide to Graduate School Admission: Psychology, Counseling, and Related Professions

Published in Paperback by Lawrence Erlbaum (2000-03-01)

Authors: Patricia Keith-Spiegel and Michael W. Wiederman

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A great resource that will answer all your questions

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-07

If you are like I was about a year and a half ago, you want to go to graduate school because it's the next logical step for a psychology major, but you don't know how to prepare yourself or what is important to have on a resume/vita. Moreover, you need a resource that has all the information you'll need in one place.

That resource is "The Complete Guide to Graduate School Admission." For every step of the process, from getting research experience to accepting an offer from a school, this book will guide you along and prevent you from making catastrophic mistakes out of inexperience. I kept this book around for a year and a half, and referred to it often. As a result, I have been accepted into my top graduate schools, and have received a generous offer of financial aid.

Anyone interested in graduate school in psychology and its related fields of study will find this book useful, but the reader will reap the full range of its benefits by first being exposed to its material as a junior or sophomore in an undergraduate program.

Very Helpful

Helpful Votes: 15 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-04

This book was a great help in telling you all the little things you need to consider when applying for graduate school. It also tells you how to go about the application process, from example letters requesting application materials, to how to write up your C. V. This book gave me the answers when no one else seemed to know and went over the niceties concerning the application process (how to decline an offer, should you visit, the importance of the appearance of your application). I know a lot of these things may appear to be insignificant, but when you're so stressed about getting in, why not do the most you can to improve your chances? You never know, and this book helped me through it. And I DID get in to my number one choice.

A good start

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-09

This is definitely a book worth looking at, especially if you are just starting to look at the grad school application process. The Q&A format makes it easy to read, and the sections on timelines, personal statements, and C.V.s were pretty helpful.

Overall, though, I found it lacking in more specific, in-depth information. The APA's Getting In: A Step-By-Step Plan for Gaining Admission to Graduate School in Psychology is a much better source, especially if you are considering many highly competitive programs.

Cracking the SSAT and ISEE, 2007 Edition (Private Test Prep)

Published in Paperback by Princeton Review (2006-08-01)

Author: Princeton Review

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Worked well for the SSAT

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-06

My daughter used this book to study for her SSAT
last year and scored very high. The practice tests
good and it helped her get prepared. I would recommend
this book to anyone getting ready for the SSAT. My
daughter is in boarding school now and is doing very
well. She actually had multiple schools aceept her and
want her to attend because of her high scores.

Similar study material compared to the actual ISEE test taken 02/03/07

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-17

Recommended for those students taking the ISEE. Have yet to use the SSAT study guide.

ISEE preparation, best available

Helpful Votes: 24 out of 24 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-03

This book is the best organized and most comprehensive available. However, it still is lacking. I've been tutoring this test for 5 years, and it is especially hard to differentiate the middle level and upper level exams. You can tell PR struggles with this differentiation as well.

Math - By far its most useful section. PR does a good job of covering all of the concepts you will need to know, as well as providing some solid "ISEE-like" questions. The book doesn't have many difficult questions for students aiming for the 90th+ percentile, and is limited in quantitative comparisons.

Synonyms - Just study vocabulary (the PR list is a good place to start), and use PR questions for practice. I personally think PR over-sells strategies such as positive/negative.

Sentence Completions - Decent strategies, decent practice...if you need more questions and your taking the middle or upper level ISEE, buy an SAT book from College Board and use the SCs. You can also use some of the math questions.

Passage-based reading - Horrible!

Practice tests - Good practice.