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How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College
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How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College

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Author:
Hundreds of Heads, with Special Editor Rachel Korn

Pages:
236

Behind every student applying to college is one or more stressed out parents trying to help. Because getting into college isn't as simple-or painless-as it used to be. Today's high school students and their parents are involved in a long process of a college search and application process. As each year sees more applications, higher tuitions, and tougher admissions standards among competitive schools, winning the college admissions game takes a team effort.

Hundreds of Heads heeded the cry of parents in need of support, coaching, and expert advice. We asked college admissions consultant Rachel Korn, special editor of the award winning, How to Survive Getting Into College, to offer her expertise --- along with the wisdom of the parental masses-to bring readers How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College.

In this handy and practical guide, hundreds of weathered-and-wiser parents talk about their thoughts, strategies, strugglesץven their failures-in navigating the college application process. Packed with tips, tricks, humor, and horror stories, it's a book to help parents help their kids-and themselves-succeed.

The book includes parent-to-parent advice on:

Knowing When and Where to Start
College Costs and Shrinking Wallets
Tests and Competition
Visiting Colleges & Making Choices
Using School Resources and Private Coaches
Application Process
The Waiting Game

Filled with the hard-won wisdom of hundreds of (now) happy parents who have gone before them, How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College is a lifeline for every stressed-out parent undergoing the college admissions process.

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