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"A resource to help students write the college admissions essay with tips on selecting a topic and recycling essays and an essay-writing workshop. Includes 50 examples of successful essays, 25 essay-writing mistakes, and writing strategies from admission officers"--Provided by publisher.

Provides information on how to begin a search for a college, offering advice on the application and interview process, financial aid, and writing an essay; and including listings of top schools in a variety of categories such as conservative, nonconformist, top women's colleges, and bargain.

Presents information about the college admissions process, figuring out financial aid, and getting into the university of your choice.

"This text examines the historical college admissions process ... [through the] analysis of researchers, politicians, officials, and ordinary people in order to show students all sides of this often high-stress topic"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles more than 275 college programs for actors, artists, dancers, musicians, and writers, each listing degrees offered, concentrations, scholarships, opportunities, and alumni accomplishments and offering information on academic life, preparing portfolios, auditioning, and more.

An updated and comprehensive guide to medical school preparation and admissions, including the latest information on the new MCAT and future admission trends. Competition for a limited number of places in the nation's medical schools is increasing, so students must have a competitive edge. Some of the areas covered are: Undergraduate curricula that increase the chances for successful admission; academic and non-academic activities that make you stand out as a potential candidate; scholastic and personal qualities that all medical schools are specifically looking for; the kinds of medical schools you're most likely to be admitted to based on your qualifications; the new Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), with study tips and new key science terms; over 300 actual interview questions, along with tips on what to say and do on the interview; chapter on minority admissions, including lists of summer minority enrichment programs; chapter on high school preparation and pre-college planning for students, teachers, and advisors; chapter on alternate health careers, along with employment trends for the next decade and beyond; chapter on study, learning, memorizing, and test-taking skills for students at all levels; lists of medical schools with the best records of accepting women, minorities, and non-residents; medical school rankings based on undergraduate GPA, MCAT scores, and state of residence; up-to-date information and data on all 144 U.S. medical schools, as well as medical schools opening in 2016-2017.

The author guides high school seniors on how to write their college application essay; after answering two questions, the reader will learn four different types of college admissions essays.

A guide to writing college essays that includes eighty-nine real essays demonstrating what to do and what not to do and insider tips and advice from admissions officers at thirteen top colleges.

A guide to writing scholarship essays that offers advice from scholarship judges and tips on what committees look for, as well as interview strategies, and features thirty sample essays--along with twelve examples of what not to write.

"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. "--.