Joie Jager-Hyman

B+ Grades, A+ College Application (eBook, ePUB)

How to Present Your Strongest Self, Write a Standout Admissions Essay, and Get Into the Perfect School for You

• Format: ePub

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: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781607743422
• Artikelnr.: 39175750

Autorenporträt

JOIE JAGER-HYMAN, EdD, served as assistant director of admissions for Dartmouth College. After completing a doctorate in education policy at Harvard University, she founded educational consulting company College Prep 360. Dr. Jager-Hyman lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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