What Colleges Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know) 272 Secrets for Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools

by Wissner-Gross, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781594630316
• ISBN10: 1594630313
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-03
• Publisher: Hudson Street Press

Summary

A sought-after packager” of high school students shares highly coveted strategies to help parents get their kids into the country’s most competitive colleges Did you know? A child’s guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral. A parent can help get a child off a waiting list. And there isa way for students to back out of Early Decision once they’ve been accepted.Based on the controversial insider information Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working for years as a successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at some of the nation’s most competitive colleges, this book helps parents answer questions such as: Can an application be sabotaged by a competing student or parent? How do colleges really know if a student applies to two or more schools for Early Decision? Is it possible to prescreen a teacher’s recommendation? As well as the biggest question of all: Of the tens of thousands of highly qualified students that graduate each year, why should a college choose yours?Targeting the college-educated parents of today’s college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the highly secretive and seemingly arbitrary college admissions process, What Colleges Don’t Tell You (and Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know)reveals 272 little- known, unconventional, tried-and-true secrets to help parents get their children into the most competitive schools of their dreams.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Wissner-Gross, trained as a journalist, has for ten years succeeded in helping students, including her own children, gain admission offers to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and other competitive colleges.

Table of Contents

Why You Need This Book	p. xi
The Shoo-In Kid	p. 1
Your Role as Advocate and Opportunity Scout	p. 25
Your Role in Producing High-Achievers	p. 49
Helping Your Child Excel at Standardized Testing	p. 87
Arranging a Winning College Visit	p. 114
Knowing Your Audience: Who Is Judging Your Kid?	p. 135
How You Can Help with the Application Forms	p. 145
Overseeing the College Application Essays	p. 163
Guaranteeing Excellent Recommendations	p. 207
Preparing Your Child for Memorable and Effective Interviews	p. 236
Getting Your Kid off the Waiting List and into the School of His or Her Dreams	p. 263
Success After Deferral or Rejection	p. 279
A Final Note	p. 293
Sample Student Resume	p. 295
Index	p. 299
About the Author	p. 309
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