| College Admissions Cracked Lib/E: Saving Your Kid (and Yourself) from the Madness Contributor(s): Shulman, Jill Margaret (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1549182137 ISBN-13: 9781549182136 Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Study Aids | College Guides - Study Aids | College Entrance - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Features: Unabridged |
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| Publisher Description: How to help your kid navigate the college admissions process -- from scheduling standardized tests to writing essays -- month by month, girlfriend's-guide style.So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word college like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Advice will pour in through friends, your child's guidance counselor, and your mother's neighbor's cousin.Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally. She'll guide you through the entire crazy ritual that college admissions has become, month by month, breath by deep, cleansing breath, until you drop your kid off at college where she will ignore your phone calls and texts. Come as you are -- whether chill or roiling with anxiety -- and Shulman, along with a platoon of experts and fellow parents, will help you maintain your strength and sense of self-worth, so easily lost somewhere between your teenager's screaming, I hate you You're ruining my life and typing your credit card number into the College Board's website for the twentieth time. You've got college admissions cracked, and now, this book has got your back. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shulman, Jill Margaret: - Jill Margaret Shulman is the founder of In Other Words, a college essay coaching service, with nearly a decade of experience reading and evaluating applications at Amherst College and Williams College. She has also taught writing at The New School and City University of New York. Her writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Family Circle, Parents, Good Housekeeping, and O the Oprah Magazine, among others |
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