$32.49
Author: Kaplan
Edition: 2004 Edition
Number Of Pages: 736
Details: Product Description
Dear Reader: The college admissions process can be overwhelming — so many choices, so little guidance. We’re here to help. Our unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges cuts through the hype and the blizzard of admissions stats with exclusive insider’s information organized in a user-friendly format. This guidance offers practical advice you won’t find anywhere else: Current students and recent grads tell you what life on campus is REALLY like.
Guidance counselors share their choices for “Most Overrated”, “Most Underrated”, “Best Value”, and other valuable lists.
We’ve added our own observations and recommendations based on years of experience helping students navigate the college admisions process.
How many times have you heard, “it’s one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make”? Nothing like a little pressure! Having the facts at hand will help you choose the schools that best match your needs, so that you can feel confident about making your final decision. Open the book. Let’s get started! Trent Anderson & Seppy Basili
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About the Author
Trent Anderson is the Vice President for Education at Cablevision, Inc., where he oversees the ‘Power to Learn’ initiative. Before joining Cablevision, Trent was the Vice President of Publishing for Kaplan, Inc., where he developed book projects for the education market. During his 10 years with Kaplan, Trent was a test prep instructor, admissions advisor, financial aid expert, and author and contributing editor of several books, including Once Upon a Campus, Straight Talk on Paying for College, and Kaplan’s precollege and pregrad school test prep titles. Trent spent his college years in Southern California, where he earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA and his J.D. and M.B.A. at the University of Southern California. Prior to working at Kaplan, Inc., Trent taught undergraduate business law at the University of Southern California.
Seppy Basili, Kaplan’s resident “College Guru,” has been analyzing college trends for more than 15 years. During his Kaplan career, Seppy has overseen Kaplan’s test preparation programs and publications for the SAT, ACT, and PSAT exams as well as college admissions services. Along with Trent Anderson, he is the co-author of Once Upon a Campus and Straight Talk on Paying for College. He also founded the Kaplan-Newsweek imprint publications, which include the annual How to Get Into College guide. Seppy has spent many years on college campuses, receiving his B.A. from Kenyon College, M.Ed. from the University of California — Berkeley, and J.D. from Emory University.
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Chapter One: ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS
Choosing a college is not easy. The key is to find out all you can about a school before you apply. By buying this guide, you’ve taken the first step towards finding the right school for you. You’ll find inside information on 328 select colleges and universities, covering admissions, selectivity, financial aid, student life, and academics. But numbers don’t tell the whole story. Which school really has that “special something” that will make it the best school for you?
Enter the guidance counselor. Your own high school guidance counselor can give you lots of information about various colleges, including qualities most college guides don’t measure. But even your guidance counselor’s knowledge may be limited to those schools he or she has visited or dealt with in the past.
To give you the scoop on schools your guidance counselor may not be familiar with, Kaplan presents its 2003 National Guidance Counselor Survey. We surveyed guidance counselors around the country, from both public and private high
Release Date: 12-08-2003
Package Dimensions: 50x278x1152
