Joie Jager-Hyman

B+ Grades, A+ College Application

How to Present Your Strongest Self, Write a Standout Admissions Essay, and Get Into the Perfect School for You - Even with Less-Than-Perfect Grades

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Produktbeschreibung

This alternative college guide from a former Dartmouth assistant admissions director-turned-consultant gives non-straight-A students advice on the many options available to them and tips on how to identify, gain admittance to, and pay for the schools that will allow them to flourish. Less-than-perfect grades? No problem! Contrary to popular opinion, you don't need to have a 4.0 GPA or a perfect jump shot to get into a good college. This insider's guide reveals easy tweaks that will pay off big-time in showing admissions officers that you as a whole-not just your SAT scores-are a perfect fit for their incoming class. With stellar advice on getting into schools that will allow you to thrive, this handbook reveals how to: - Find great colleges that are a good match for your strengths (and will overlook less-relevant weaknesses) - Painlessly beef up your application - Tailor extracurriculars to showcase your uniqueness - Make sure your recommendation letters emphasize the right qualities - Write original essays that reveal traits beyond your transcript - Make an impression on admissions officers and college interviewers - Create an early-admissions strategy to increase your likelihood of acceptance - Help your chances if you're deferred - Get into brand-name schools through the side door - Communicate about learning disabilities or special circumstances - Get scholarship money based on attributes other than grades - Customize your financial aid strategy BONUS: Includes an appendix of 130+ selective colleges to consider!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9781607743415
• ISBN-10: 1607743418
• Artikelnr.: 36730163

Autorenporträt

Joie Jager-Hyman

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
 
Chapter 1: 
Choose Your Own (College) Adventure
Chapter 2: 
Building a College List      
Chapter 3: 
Getting a Good Gut Feeling        
Chapter 4: 
Selectivity and Standardized Testing         
Chapter 5: 
Painless Ways to Beef Up Your Application           
Chapter 6: 
Making the Most of Early Admissions Policies   
Chapter 7: 
Making Each Piece of Your Application Count    
Chapter 8: 
Writing Your College Essay        
Chapter 9: 
Getting the Red-Carpet Treatment: 
Students with Special Circumstances          
Chapter 10: 
Communicating Your Experience: 
Students with Learning Disabilities 
Chapter 11: 
Paying for College
Chapter 12: 
How Parents Can Help (and Hurt)         
 
Appendix A: 
Junior- and Senior-Year College Admissions Timeline
Appendix B: 
Getting Into a Top College Through the Side Door
Appendix C: 
A List of Colleges Worth Considering
 
Resources        
About the Author
Index