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The Truth about College Admission
- Narrator
- Kyle Snyder
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 23 January 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Truth about College Admission is the easy-to-follow, comprehensive, go-to guide for families. Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark provide critical advice, thoughtful strategies, direction, and invaluable reassurance during the long and often bewildering college admission journey. This book covers every step: searching for colleges, creating a list of prospective schools, weighing financial considerations, crafting an application, learning what schools are looking for academically and outside the classroom, and understanding how colleges decide whom to accept. Helpful sections show your family how to have open and balanced conversations to keep everyone on the same page, feel less stressed, and enjoying the adventure together.
This completely revised second edition includes new information on affordability and aid that addresses important financial considerations. It also explores changes in standardized testing and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Truth about College Admission is the practical and inspiring guidebook your family needs, an essential companion on the path toward acceptance to college.
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Details
- Author
- Rick Clark, Brennan Barnard
- Narrator
- Kyle Snyder
- Duration
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 January 2024
- ISBN
- 9798350898781
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Higher education, tertiary education, Advice on education, Parenting: advice and issues
Synopsis
Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the college search, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Miss a deadline? How do you pay for it, and what is a "FAFSA" anyway?The Truth about College Admission is the easy-to-follow, comprehensive, go-to guide for families. Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark provide critical advice, thoughtful strategies, direction, and invaluable reassurance during the long and often bewildering college admission journey. This book covers every step: searching for colleges, creating a list of prospective schools, weighing financial considerations, crafting an application, learning what schools are looking for academically and outside the classroom, and understanding how colleges decide whom to accept. Helpful sections show your family how to have open and balanced conversations to keep everyone on the same page, feel less stressed, and enjoying the adventure together.This completely revised second edition includes new information on affordability and aid that addresses important financial considerations. It also explores changes in standardized testing and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Truth about College Admission is the practical and inspiring guidebook your family needs, an essential companion on the path toward acceptance to college.
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