colleges and universities

Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer's, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.

After accepting a trip to Europe as a bribe from her parents to attend the college of their choice as a business major, seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers she is unwilling to give up her dream of being an actress--or Jesse, the boy she met in Italy.

A school-to-college transition guide that addresses frequent questions students have about the process. Offers exercises to help organize the search and application process.

A memoir by a former university admissions officer that reveals how colleges and universities decide which applicants will be accepted at their institutions.

Presents advice for how to write college scholarship essays that get students accepted, discussing how to pick a topic, create an outline, write, and edit an essay. Provides thirty real essays that won scholarships and twelve that didn't, comparing and contrast what works and what doesn't.

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.

A guide to preparing for the Advanced Placement economics macro and micro exams, featuring test-taking strategies, a review of topics, and two full-length practice tests with explained answers.

Five full-length practice exams are presented with all questions answered and explained, with detailed reviews of all test topics and includes multiple-choice and free-response questions with answers at the end of each topic's chapter.

Keir Sarafian must finally confront his past when tragedy strikes during his first year of what has been an eye-opening first year of college.

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.