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This all-inclusive guide and support system for college bound teens is designed to make the college application process less stressful and more successful. It includes a broad range of essential information: how to plan for college, oragnize a college search, and manage the testing and admissions process. This clearly written handbook discusses financial planning, alternatives to four-year colleges, time-out programs, special needs, transitions, and transfers.
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Critique de School Library Journal
Gr 9 UpWell-written, pleasant to read, and competently organized, this guide's outstanding feature is its timeliness. Terms such as "virtual university," "online database searches," "computerized applications," "World Wide Web page," and "on-campus ATMs" bring the subject of college admissions into the real world of the late 1990s. Beginning with "Where to Begin," the author gives advice on selecting a school and takes students through the college-admissions process, offering helpful tips for early planners. The importance of and best preparation for the Scholastic Assessment Test and American College Test are addressed. The benefits of campus visits are stressed with advice on what to look for in such a preview. Pertinent information is included on how the 1992 Americans with Disabilities Act can affect students with special needs. Average-quality black-and-white photos appear throughout. Helpful items are appended, including planning forms, sample letters, timetables, and reading lists. A valuable addition that updates guides such as Harlow G. Unger's A Student' Guide to College Admissions (Facts on File).Diane P. Tuccillo, Mesa Public Library, AZ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique de Horn Book
This guide leads students through the college admissions process by demystifying standardized test and financial aid jargon, listing Internet resources, and addressing disability issues. Robbins also discusses alternatives to four-year colleges and offers tips for writing application essays and making the transition to college life. Sample letters, forms, and reading lists are appended. Dark, generic photographs of colleges and students accompany the text. Bib., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Critique de Booklist
Gr. 9-12. Robbins guides students through the college selection process, including high-school course choices, standardized test preparation, and campus visits and interviews. She also offers advice on applications, financial aid, decision making, and the transition from high school to college. Her well-organized book provides solid information and sound advice for students in various stages of the college application process. Robbins' tendency to make lists makes sections more succinct, though occasionally she goes overboard. For instance, the chapter on interviews contains a list of "Ten Interviewing Tips," followed immediately by "Ten Communications Tips When Interviewing," including number six: "Lean forward in your chair very slightly to show that you are engaged in the conversation," a suggestion that seems likely to unnerve a student already self-conscious or uptight about the process. The section on writing the application essay is especially helpful, since it includes a sample essay and shows what changes would make it stronger and why. Useful appendixes include reading lists and calendars of tasks for junior and senior year, sample letters, and bibliographies. (Reviewed July 1996)0531112578Carolyn Phelan