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A is for Admission: The
Insider’s Guide to Getting Into The Ivy League and Other Top
Colleges, by Michele A.
Hernandez
This is truly an insider’s guide, as
Michele Hernandez spent nearly five years as the assistant
director of admissions at Dartmouth College. Hernandez pulls no
punches as she launches into full explanations on many topics,
from the psyche of admissions officers to the Academic Index
many Ivies use for admissions' calculations.
What Colleges Don’t Tell
You (and Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know)
By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
A book targeted at teaching parents
how to be good advocates for their children during the years
leading up to college applications. There is detailed advice on
essay writing, preparing for interviews and making applications
college specific. Unlike other books that focus heavily on
strategies to improve GPA and SAT/ACT scores, this book gives a
perspective on the collective importance of paying attention to
all the small details.
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Harvard Schmarvard:
Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best
for You
by
Jay Mathews
With a title like this, what’s not to
love? This is a great book to cuddle up with after reading all the
advice about getting into the Ivies. The fact is that not
everyone is suited for, or would even enjoy/learn/thrive, at an
Ivy League or upper tier school. Mathews provides the “take a
deep breath” attitude that might be needed if a student and/or
parents lose sight of what they really want from a college
education.
College Application Essay,
The Revised edition
by
Sarah Myers
McGinty
McGinty’s advice is not “how-to”.
Rather, she encourages college applicants to focus on themselves
and their strengths. She does not advocate writing essays that
supply renditions of what they think colleges want to hear.
This may not be a popular approach in this competitive age, and
other books will provide more examples of that "perfect" college
essay. However, for the
students who are striving to tap into their own unique perspectives, McGinty provides thoughtful and effective strategies.
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