9781402202308

Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9781402202308

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Overview

The #1 getting-into-college guide! Packed with honest and comprehensive explanations from cover to cover, Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is a student's ultimate tool for understanding the college admissions process. Fiske and Hammond, two of the nation's top education experts, take students on a guided tour of how to find the right college, how to get in, and how to pay for it, all along giving great advice and encouraging students to keep a level head. Interactive tools - Fiske's exclusive Sizing Yourself Up survey asks probing questions to help select a college based on a student's individual personality and interests - The comprehensive college-finder features useful cross sections of the nation's schools, such as best-kept secrets, excellent small colleges, nonconformist colleges, Catholic colleges, colleges with innovative curriculums, colleges by course of study, and much more Learn how to - Understand financial aid and ?et as much as you can - Tour a campus and conduct a good admissions interview - Get compelling recommendations and write winning essays - Work with a high school counselor - Cut through all the college propaganda - Understand the "category" admissions offices place students in and build an application to highlight these strengths - Get off a waiting list and get accepted - Use the Internet in the application process

ISBN-13

9781402202308

ISBN-10

140220230X

Weight

1.10 Pounds

Dimensions

8.00 x 0.50 x 9.50 In

List Price

$14.95

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Paperback

Pages

272 pages

Publisher

Sourcebooks Inc

Published On

2004-07-01



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