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College admissions cracked, saving your kid (and yourself) from the madness, Jill Margaret Shulman

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College admissions cracked, saving your kid (and yourself) from the madness, Jill Margaret Shulman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

College admissions cracked

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jill Margaret Shulman

Sub title

saving your kid (and yourself) from the madness

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

In(tro)duction: Welcome to anyone navigating the college admissions process (now or ever) -- I: Fall of junior year : five things you really need to hear right now -- II: Winter of junior year : five mantras for the winter of our discontent -- III: Spring of junior year : five fantasy responses to "Where's your kid applying to college?" -- VI: Summer vacation : five ways to sneak in college visits without letting them consume your summer -- V: Fall of senior year : five dinner table topics other than college -- VI: Second semester senior year and beyond : five necessities for your kick-to-the-finish survival kit

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