Hey AdmissionsMom (eBook)

Real Talk from Reddit

Carolyn Allison Caplan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
394 Seiten
Distributed By Ingram Spark (Verlag)
978-1-7337641-4-8 (ISBN)

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ARE YOU STRESSED OUT AND TESTED OUT?ARE YOU LOOKING TO APPROACH COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IN AN HONEST AND MINDFUL WAY?Discover what nearly a million engaged r/ApplyingToCollege subscribers are learning as they discuss a fresh approach to college admissions. With Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit, Carolyn, and the community from the subreddit r/ApplyingToCollege, give you a place to stop trying to figure out what colleges want in you and instead ask yourself, What do I want out of life when I leave high school? What do I see for myself?Here's what Carolyn (aka AdmissionsMom) knows: You're a talented, interesting student, and when you really know who you are, you're going to make the best decisions for yourself and for your college applications.Maybe you're just starting the college admissions journey, and you're feeling overwhelmed by the paperwork, school descriptions, test score requirements, extracurricular activity options, and the daunting task of figuring it all out without losing yourself. Or maybe you've already started the college admissions process, and you feel okay about your applications, but you're struggling with the personal statement or essays.Or, perhaps you want permission not to be a carbon copy of the ideal student and want out-of-the-box ways to be yourself, both in life and in the admissions process -- and you're not just managing your expectations, but you're also managing your parents and their expectations. College admissions can be especially intimidating if your high school sucks, you're the first in your family to attend college, or you haven't always been a model student. You might also be a concerned parent or mentor looking for a guide designed specifically not to stress you and your kid out and one that might even help with dealing with admissions anxiety as you learn the ropes of college admissions.For all the times you've worried about how stressful college admissions is, shaken your head about how it's all about high performance, achievement, and crazy amounts of extracurriculars, and you've thought, "e;There has to be a better way..."e;You were right. You just found it.

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Introduction

Chapter 1: Just the Basics

Chapter 2: Prepping for College Admissions - Juniors and Seniors

Chapter 3: Course Rigor and Class Selection

Chapter 4: It's all about the GPA and Class Rank, or is it?

Chapter 5: To SAT or ACT? -- That is the Question

Chapter 6: Test Scores

Chapter 7: Activities, ECs, and Summers, Oh My!

Chapter 8: Letters of Recommendation

Chapter 9: Why Include a Resume?

Chapter 10: What to Study?

Chapter 11: Rankings Schmankings

Chapter 12: I Don't Believe in Dream Schools

Chapter 13: Liberal Arts Colleges: The Best Little Schools You've Never Heard Of

Chapter 14: Look for the VIbe and Find Your Tribe

Chapter 15: EA, ED, RD, SCEA, REA

Chapter 16: FIguring out the Finances

Chapter 17: The Personal Essay Topic? You

Chapter 18: Supplemental Whaaats? More Essays

Chapter 19: Tell Us More -- The Additional Info Essay

Chapter 20: The Yucky Parts -- Disciplinary Infractions

Chapter 21: Showing Colleges Some Love -- Demonstrated Interest

Chapter 22: Up Close and Personal: The Interview

Chapter 23: Taming the Admissions Stress Monster

Chapter 24: Grow Your Attitude of Gratitude

Chapter 25: Mindfulness -- An Admissions Journey with Intention

Chapter 26: Dealing with Your Parents

Chapter 27: Hello, Parents. This is just for you.

Chapter 28: When It Doesn't Go Your Way: The Pain of Rejection

Chapter 29: Hanging in Limbo -- The Uncomfortable World of Being Waitlisted and Deferred

Chapter 30: Taking a Gap Year

Chapter 31: You Did It! Acceptances

Chapter 32: International Students -- Coming to America

Chapter 33: Transfers

Chapter 34: Veterans -- Thank You for Your Service

Chapter 35: There's a place for You: LGBTQ and First-Gen/Low Income Students

Chapter 36: Prepping for College Admissions -- Freshmen and Sophomores

Chapter 37: Advice and Updates from our Community

Gen Z Glossary

Resources

Shout Outs

Acknowledgements

A-Mom's Mom Club

About Carolyn 

 

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: College • College admissions • college advice • college advising • College Applications • College Essays • essay help • personal essay • University
• ISBN-10: 1-7337641-4-3 / 1733764143
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7337641-4-8 / 9781733764148