colleges and universities

Offers practical tools, techniques, and tips to help people choose the right college and create admissions essays and applications that stand apart from other students and improve their chances of getting in to the college of their dreams.

Provides advice for high school students on finding a passion and getting admitted to college; covering after-school and summer experiences, getting involved, the admissions process, and more.

Presents a guide to writing college admission essays and provides information on different writing strategies, the most common writing mistakes, an the best topics to write on.

Provides students with strategies for marketing themselves to colleges; offering guidance on discovering a special interest and using it to gain admission to the school of their choice.

Portor Osborne Jr. leaves his home in rural Georgia and goes to Willingham University.

Profiles forty colleges chosen for their proven ability to develop potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking in a wide range of students.

Bruce Fleming, an English professor at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, offers an inside look at what happens within the school's walls, describing the academy's classes, students, schedule, traditions, and expectations.

Offers advice from top students and recent graduates of leading colleges and universities on how to decide where to apply to college, and how to succeed with every part of the college application process.

Michael Tillman, a middle-aged college economics professor recently-returned from India, finds himself drawn to Jellie Braden, the wife of a colleague. When Jellie disappears, Michael is ready to travel the world to make her his.

When her substitute teacher realizes she is struggling in math, Judy is sent to a math tutor at the local college and soon is completely into the spirit of college life.