College Admission: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step - Softcover

Mamlet, Robin; VanDeVelde, Christine

 
9780307590329: College Admission: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0307590321 ISBN 13: 9780307590329
Verlag: Crown, 2011

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College Admission is the ultimate user's manual and go-to guide for any student or family approaching the college application process. 
 
Featuring the wise counsel of more than 50 deans of admission, no other guide has such thorough, expert, compassionate, and professional advice.
 
Let’s be honest: applying to college can be stressful for students and parents. But here’s the good news: you can get in. Robin Mamlet has been dean of admission at three of America's most selective colleges, and journalist and parent Christine VanDeVelde has been through the process first hand. With this book, you will feel like you have both a dean of admission and a parent who has been there at your side.
 
Inside this book, you'll find clear, comprehensive, and expert answers to all your questions along the way to an acceptance letter: 

   • The role of extracurricular activities
   • What it means to find a college that's the "right fit"
   • What's more important: high grades or tough courses
   • What role does testing play
   • The best candidates for early admission
   • When help from parents is too much help
   • Advice for athletes, artists, international students, and those with learning differences
   • How wait lists work
   • Applying for financial aid

This will be your definitive resource during the sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

 ROBIN MAMLET is the former dean of admission at Stanford, Swarthmore, and Sarah Lawrence, where she made over 100,000 admission decisions. Today, she helps colleges and universities find and select their deans of admission, leading the Enrollment Search Practice for Witt/Kieffer.

Journalist CHRISTINE VANDEVELDE's work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Parenting, Self, and USA Today.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xii
Foreword xvi
 
PART I  THE BIG PICTURE
1. DON’T SKIP THIS CHAPTER! 3
Getting into college is not as hard as it looks— the real challenges and opportunities
2. IS THERE A “SECRET” TO ADMISSION? 12
There is no “secret,” but it’s not random ■ Understanding what colleges
want ■ The perfect candidate may be imperfect— but authentic
 
PART II GETTING ORGANIZED
3. THE 9TH AND 10TH GRADES: BEFORE YOU BEGIN . . . 19
When and how to start ■ Dialing down the anxiety
4. COLLEGE COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS 27
The high school counselor, a powerful advocate for the student ■
Private counselors— the benefits and drawbacks ■ How colleges interact
with counselors ■ Overpackaged applicants
 
PART III BECOMING COLLEGE- BOUND
5. THE ACADEMIC RECORD 51
The cornerstone of the application ■ Defining a challenging curriculum ■
How to select courses ■ Course work options: electives, honors courses,
international baccalaureate programs, and advanced placement classes ■
How many APs? ■ Grades and the GPA ■ Class ranking ■ Grade
inflation ■ How colleges evaluate your grades and courses ■ Achieving
balance between high grades, demanding courses, and personal time
6. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 66
The myths about extracurricular activities ■ Beyond the classroom: sports,
community service, summer programs, school clubs and activities, jobs and work
experience, international programs ■ Activity lists and resumes ■ What colleges
are really looking for ■ Depth versus breadth, passion, leadership, and hooks ■
The strategy that works: pursuing genuine interests ■ Well rounded or specialist
■ How students can figure out who they are and what really interests them
7. TAKING THE TESTS 82
Standardized testing: the PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, ACT, and SAT subject tests ■
The National Merit Scholarship Program ■ What the tests evaluate ■ When to
test ■ Making a testing plan ■ Optimal preparation ■ Coaching: does it work?
■ Test- taking techniques ■ Testing reasonably: how many times to take the test
■ Test- optional schools ■ Scores ■ How colleges view standardized tests ■
The controversy surrounding standardized testing
 
PART IV  WHERE TO APPLY
8. CREATING AN INITIAL LIST OF COLLEGES 109
The four- step strategy for creating your initial list ■ Evaluating the student and
the schools ■ Researching the schools ■ Information sources and selection
criteria ■ Covering all the bases with “statistical reach,” “ possible,” “probable,”
and “solid” schools ■ Rankings— the controversy, the benefits, the pitfalls ■
Selectivity— where a student fits into a school competitively ■ How to think
about cost ■ Reference guide overview ■ How to get started and when to stop
adding to your list
9. COLLEGE VISITS 137
When to visit ■ Tours, group information sessions, overnight stays, meetings with
faculty or coaches, and classroom visits ■ Setting up appointments ■ Campus visit
etiquette ■ Getting off the beaten path on campus ■ Questions to ask tour guides
and admission officers ■ The proper role for parents
10. TURNING YOUR INITIAL LIST INTO YOUR APPLICATION LIST:
THE EIGHT TO TEN COLLEGES WHERE YOU WILL APPLY 155
Identifying patterns that show where a student will thrive ■ Balancing what
students want with where they fit ■ Assessing a student’s chances of admission ■
The “right” number of schools to apply to ■ Balancing the list ■ Demonstrated
interest ■ Don’t get hung up on the “name game” ■ The right school isn’t always
obvious
 
PART V APPLYING
11. COLLEGE INTERVIEWS 171
Informational versus evaluative interviews ■ Admission offi ce interviews ■
Alumni interviews ■ Scheduling ■ What happens step by step ■ What not to
wear ■ Critical preparation ■ Questions to ask ■ Admission offi ce etiquette
12. RECOMMENDATIONS 189
The role recommendations play in admission ■ FERPA— waiving privacy
rights ■ Whom to ask ■ How to ask ■ Supplemental recommendations ■
Follow- up
13. ESSAYS 202
What colleges look for ■ Self- reflection is critical ■ Basic writing advice ■
The long essay or personal statement ■ The sh*#@ty fi rst draft and the nine drafts
that follow ■ Short essays ■ Dos and don’ts ■ Plagiarism ■ How much help is
too much ■ How the essay shows a student is a good match for a school
14. THE APPLICATION FORM 223
The infrastructure of the admission fi le ■ The Common Application ■ Mistakes
to avoid ■ Information integrity ■ Criminal convictions and disciplinary actions
■ Last- minute must- dos ■ Submission of supplemental materials ■ What your
signature means ■ Deadlines
 
PART VI TIMING
15. DECISION PLANS 243
When to apply ■ Regular decision ■ Rolling admission ■ Early action ■
Restricted early admission ■ Early decision I and II ■ Who should apply early
■ Who should not apply early ■ Early programs and financial aid ■ The colleges’
philosophy and strategy behind early programs ■ What it means to sign on the
dotted line ■ Options for students deferred or denied under early plans
 
PART VII PAYING
16. FINANCIAL AID 265
Does my family qualify for aid? ■ Financial aid calculators and getting
an early estimate of what you will pay ■ Need- based aid ■ FAFSA ■
CSS Profile ■ Merit- based aid and scholarships ■ How to find merit aid ■
Scholarship search services ■ Scams ■ Deadlines ■ The financial aid package:
grants, loans, work- study ■ Evaluating your financial aid awards ■ Financial
planning ■ How to ask for more aid ■ Glossary of terms
 
PART VIII DECIDING
17. NOTIFICATION AND MAKING THE DECISION 301
You’re in ■ How to decide: return visits, problem solving, and other decisionmaking
tools ■ Waitlist strategies ■ Denials ■ A gap year ■ Dealing with
disappointment ■ Senioritis: don’t succumb ■ Sharing the news ■ A final
checklist ■ The last steps: the reply, the deposit, the thank- yous
 
PART IX SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
18. STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL TALENTS 319
Athletes: Division I, II, and III programs ■ Timing ■ Creating the list of schools
■ Scholarships ■ National Letters of Intent ■ Artists: Deciding between an arts
program and an arts school ■ Submission of supplementary materials ■
Artistic review
19. STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 335
Students with learning differences or physical or emotional challenges ■
Home- schooled students: Providing a narrative for the transcript ■ Testing
■ Demonstrating academic readiness ■ Accommodations ■ Disclosure ■
Documentation ■ Making the...

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Verlag
Crown
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0307590321
ISBN 13 
9780307590329
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
432
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