Enlightened College Applicant - A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process

The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process.

List of contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

The Enlightened College Applicant: An Introduction

1. The Big Picture

2. What Really Matters in a College

3. Getting In: What to Do in High School

4. Getting In: Improving Your Odds

5. Getting In: The Application and Essays

6. Planning the Financial End

7. College Advice for the Career Minded: So You Want to Be a.

Key Takeaways and Conclusions

Appendix

Index

About the Authors

About the author

Andrew Belasco, PhD, a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University, is CEO of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm, and the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. His work has been published in the nation’s top higher education journals and featured in dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR. He lives in Doylestown, PA.Dave Bergman, EdD, is a co-founder of College Transitions and oversees the collegetransitions.com blog and dataverse, reaching an audience of more than twelve million readers annually. Dave is also the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. He lives in Conshohocken, PA.

Summary

The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Belasco, Andrew Bergman Belasco, Belasco Andrew, Dave Bergman, Bergman Dave
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781475865219
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6521-9
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Advice on education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, For College Entrance (USA)