Full Description
Every year millions of parents shepherd their teens through the arduous college admissions process. They are bombarded with too much information and with destructive and pervasive college admissions myths. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success by Cheryl Paradis and Faren R. Siminoff provides just what the college admissions doctor needs: sanity, perspective, and common sense. The racecourse to college admissions is littered with obstacles—some anticipated, some unexpected. However, with knowledge and a little humor, virtually all teens can cross the finish line into that good-fit college.
Paradis and Siminoff offer a simple, two-part approach to college admissions. Part I shows parents how to become effective coaches through employing self and teen assessment and discarding the college myths. Part II takes parents through the ins-and-outs of the college admissions process, alerting them to potential hurdles and teaching them effective, easy-to-implement strategies to overcome these.
Contents
Part 1 Part I: Training for the Race
Chapter 2 Dispelling the Three Big College Myths
Chapter 3 The Parent Trap
Chapter 4 Know the Common Challenges: Assess Your Teen
Part 5 Part II: Running the Race
Chapter 6 The Dreaded Countdown: College Tasks from Freshman through Senior Year
Chapter 7 Let the Tests Begin: Those Standardized Tests and Beyond
Chapter 8 Drawing Up the College List: So Many Schools, So Little Time
Chapter 9 Taking It on the Road
Chapter 10 Packaging for Success: The College Application and the "Extras"
Chapter 11 Personal Considerations: Issues We All Think About but Don't Discuss
Chapter 12 Crossing the Finish Line: Making the Decision
Chapter 13 Looking Back, Looking Forward
