The Secrets Of Picking A College (And Getting In!)

Offering step-by-step, practical tips, the book walks the student (and his or her parents) through the major “moments” of the college selection process: learning about the kinds of college, devising a coherent initial list, sizing up the curricula and programs of study, planning and carrying out an informative tour of the colleges, constructing a unified and compelling application, obtaining and evaluating financial aid offers, and making a final choice that will match the student’s abilities and interests to what the college has to offer.

LYNN F. JACOBS is a professor of Art History at the University of Arkansas, having previously taught at Vanderbilt University, California State University Northridge, the University of Redlands, and NYU.JEREMY S. HYMAN is founder and chief architect of Professors' Guide? content products, (www.professorsguide.com) and lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Arkansas. He has also taught at UCLA, MIT, and Princeton University. Together, they are authors of The Secrets of College Success: Over 800 Tips, Techniques, and Strategies Revealed.JEFFREY DURSO-FINLEY has been director of college counseling at the Lawrenceville School, in Lawrenceville, NJ, for the last ten years. Before that, he served for eight years as assistant director of admissions at Brown University.JONAH T. HYMAN is a senior at Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville, Arkansas and is currently in the throes of he college pickingand, hopefully, getting inprocess.