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College applications United States College choice College choice United States Education, Higher United States Directories Exposition (Rhetoric) United States Universities and colleges Admission Universities and colleges United States Administration Universities and colleges United States Admission Universities and colleges United States Admission Corrupt practicesBelasco, Andrew
Summary: The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378 BELEsaki-Smith, Anna
Summary: "This book provides a new, innovative way for students to navigate the college application landscape. It shows students how selecting a college can be a strategic tool to direct one's future, rather than a frenzied exercise in applying to what others have deemed the "best" universities for everyone regardless of their career goals"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 ESASander, Richard Henry
Summary: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.26 SANFiske, Edward B.
Summary: Shares insider coverage of more than 320 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, profiling each for their academic climates, social and extracurricular scenes and quality of life while counseling prospective college students on how to identify a school that is most compatible with their needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 FISLegatt, Aviva
Summary: "An insider's college admissions guide that teaches students to identify and harness their unique passions, stand out from the crowd, and achieve their dreams. Getting into the right college has never been tougher. Competitive programs are admitting fewerand fewer students each year, while the Common Application has made it easy to apply to 30-40 schools in a single admissions cycle. Gen Y and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 LEGKorn, Melissa
Summary: "The inside story of the college admissions scandal that shocked the nation and shattered myths about meritocracy, by the reporters who broke major developments in the story that exposed a rotten system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 KORLaporte, Nicole
Summary: An exposae of the Varsity Blues scandal reveals how an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer preyed on the desperation of wealthy, upper class, insecure parents who sought to have their children admitted to elite colleges to maintain their ownsocial status.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 LAPVandemoer, John
Summary: "From the former Stanford University sailing coach, the first person sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit, about the sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising, and about the ways in which justice and fairness do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VANDEMOER, JOHN VANCohen, Cafi.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt Associates 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.042 COHTanabe, Gen S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SuperCollege LLC 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.161 TANFiske, Edward B.
Summary: A guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites. In addition to detailed and candid stories about each school, you will find lists of strong programs and popular majors at each college, information on how to apply, graduation and acceptance rates, and exclusive academic, social, and quality-of-life ratings -- Adapted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.73 FISFiske, Edward B.
Summary: Draws on interviews with administrators and students to describe college programs, popular majors, application information, acceptance rates, and academic and social ratings on over three hundred four-year colleges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378.73 FISPaterno, Susan F.
Summary: "In Game On, Susan F. Paterno--Director of the Chapman University journalism program and mother of four recent college grads--leads you through the admissions process to help you and your family make the best decision possible. Is the college admissions game really stacked against you? Is it getting tougher to get into top schools-into any school-or not? How will COVID-19 change all of these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 PATHarvard Independent (EDT)
Summary: These are the essays that helped their authors gain admission to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Wellesley, Pomona, and other outstanding schools -- followed by invaluable comments by experts in admissions, placement, and college counseling at some of the best learning institutions around the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1664 ONEJager-Hyman, Joie.
Summary: "This alternative college admissions guide gives non-straight-A students advice on how to identify, gain admittance to, and pay for the schools that will allow them to flourish"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 378 JAGSabky, Rebecca Munsterer
Summary: "A former Ivy League admissions officer shares her stories from the frontlines of the admissions wars and offers advice on how to stand out, get in, and, most importantly, stay true to yourself as you prepare for college"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 SABCohen, Katherine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.161 COHHarris, Phillip
Summary: Debunks myths and assumptions about standardized tests, proposes alternative methods for evaluating the success of schools, and offers suggestions for helping to reduce the burden of tests on students.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.26 HARBruni, Frank.
Summary: Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 BRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 378.1 BRUSelingo, Jeffrey J.
Summary: A higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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Summary: Offers tips on writing an essay for admission to graduate school, provides an explanation of the admissions process, gives advice on securing letters of recommendation, and features resources for locating scholarships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 ASHSummary: "The Official Digital SAT Study Guide provides a comprehensive resource for understanding updates to the SAT in the digital format. It includes four official practice tests--all created by the test maker. As part of College Board's commitment to access, practice tests are also available in the digital testing platform, Bluebook, at no charge. However, the guide is the only place to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: College Board 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 OFFSummary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023