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Explains how to write an original and creative college application essay, sharing what admissions officers are looking for, sample essays, do's and don'ts, and special advice for the SAT II writing test, scholarship applications, and graduate school applications.

A guide to getting into college, providing step-by-step instructions for completing college applications, essays, and interviews, information on finding financial aid, and tips on passing the SAT and ACT entrance exams.

Four high-school seniors try to decide where they want to go to college and what they want to do with their lives.

A guide to writing a meaningful and polished college admissions essay that expresses the applicant's personality, strengths, and goals; with step-by-step instructions through the writing process.

Collects eighteen essay which provide varying perspectives on issues concerning college, debating how high school students should prepare and decide where to enroll as well as the factors that influence a student's ability to attend.

Follows five students from diverse backgrounds who apply at the prestigious Harvard University; and examines the college admission process and the roles that race and class play.

A guide to how to choose a topic, plan and write a draft, and how to revise and present an essay for a college application, including sample essays and essay topics from over fifty colleges.

"Chapters explore declining diversity, the effect upon professional schools, the historical perspective of the subject, the courts' role in affirmative action, inequities in the admissions process, percentage plans as an alternative, the detrimental results of 'colorblind' admissions, and ways to address the problem"--Provided by publisher.

Anne, known as "the application whisperer," works with five different students, helping them write their college essays, cram for the SATs, and perfect their college applications, while she manuevers through the world of cheating scandals, huge alumni donations, and parents who will do anything to ensure their children's acceptance into the college of their choice.