Campus Visits and College Interviews from The College Board teaches you how to get the most out of your campus visits, and get the stress out of your college interviews. Updated to give the pros and cons of college Web sites and virtual visits, and reformatted with easy-to-use charts and checklists, this quick and handy guide will help you get the right impression during your visit and make the right impression during your interview. It tells you the best times to visit; what to look for while you're there; what questions to expect during your interview; what questions you should ask; and more... View More...
This latest helping of loving inspiration follows the millions of loyal readers of the "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" series to the next stage of their lives, beyond adolescence and into young adulthood. Readers will love having this invaluable collection to guide, inspire, support and encourage them throughout their college experience. If readers are devotees of the series, they will recognize this book as an instant source of strength and comfort; if this book is their introduction to the series, they will come to treasure it quickly. College is a time of excitement, exuberance and triu... View More...
Now a New York Times Bestseller From sharing a bathroom with 40 people to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is a behind-the-scenes look at everything students need to know about college. This essential guide is packed with expert advice, plus outrageous stories from students on over 100 campuses. Through his advice column, college tour, and website, Harlan Cohen has reached thousands of students with his message of being yourself and making the most of the college years. "One of the best and most practical college advice guides I've read." -Andrew Tinnin, University of Michigan "The mo... View More...
The New York Times best seller makes the perfect graduation gift for young adults in the real world This ultimate pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Just because you've got a diploma in hand doesn't mean you know everything--especially if it's doing laundry, cleaning your house, or acing an interview. Topics include: - How to Find Your First Apartment - How to Write the Perfect R sum - How to Survive Living with Your Parents - How to Make (and Stick to ) a Budget - How to Build A Professional Wardrobe... View More...
The New York Times best seller makes the perfect graduation gift for young adults in the real world This ultimate pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Just because you've got a diploma in hand doesn't mean you know everything--especially if it's doing laundry, cleaning your house, or acing an interview. Topics include: - How to Find Your First Apartment - How to Write the Perfect R sum - How to Survive Living with Your Parents - How to Make (and Stick to ) a Budget - How to Build A Professional Wardrobe... View More...
The New York Times best seller makes the perfect graduation gift for young adults in the real world This ultimate pocket-sized guide for life after school is filled with information for every step of the road to adulthood. Just because you've got a diploma in hand doesn't mean you know everything--especially if it's doing laundry, cleaning your house, or acing an interview. Topics include: - How to Find Your First Apartment - How to Write the Perfect R sum - How to Survive Living with Your Parents - How to Make (and Stick to ) a Budget - How to Build A Professional Wardrobe... View More...
We already know what works in schools; we just need to focus on getting it right. This is the premise of Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success, which offers a practical, research-based framework for improving student achievement. According to author Bryan Goodwin, decades of research have shown time and again that focusing on the following five essential practices can vastly increase students' chances of doing well in school: * Guaranteeing that instruction is challenging, engaging, and intentional* Ensuring curricular pathways to success* Providing whol... View More...
The Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College is the first book to reveal the insider secrets about how professors really grade. The book offers high-value, practical tips about how to succeed at each of the five grade-bearing moments of the semester: (1) The Start (2) The Class (3) The Exam (4) The Paper and (5) The Last Month of the Semester. Fast-paced, entertaining, and easy-to-follow, the Professors' Guide will help you get truly excellent grades in college.
One hundred short, down-to-earth readings help graduates figure out their future. Issues like identity, purpose, vision, and more are addressed and each reading is accompanied by a Scripture verse and a devotional application. View More...
With hilarious insights, observations, and personal anecdotes on everything from partying all night, to learning to do laundry, to falling asleep in class, Aaron Karo has captured the college experience like never before. It took college freshman Aaron Karo only one week to realize that college was a joke -- an especially funny one that he could share with his friends in a regular email newsletter about life on campus. By his senior year, Ruminations on College Life had become an international phenomenon. Now, for the first time in print, here is the best of the original ezine, previously unp... View More...
You Will Go Far presents life guidance from a bird's perspective and is the perfect gift for graduates or anyone facing imminent change. Jenny Kempe's sweet penguins illustrate a rhyming message for anyone facing a new life experience. It's good to set goals and spread your wings; you're off to do remarkable things. Find something that makes you tick, and work hard to make it stick. What makes your heart really sing? Do more of that than anything. Wherever you go, whatever you do, there will be an adventure waiting for you. With this keepsake edition, you are giving the gift of profound insi... View More...
