any good books to read to ease the college transition?

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<p>any good books to read to ease the college transition? there are college prep books for highschoolers, what prep books are there for college students?<br>
for those of you who are going to say “you don’t need to prep for anything”, I’m just reading these books out of curiosity. </p>

<p>thank you very much.</p>

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<p>Got this one for my daughter</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Getting the Best Out of College: A Professor, a Dean, & a Student Tell You How to Maximize Your Experience: Peter Feaver, Sue Wasiolek, Anne Crossman: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580088562]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580088562)</p>

<p>She probably didn’t read it…</p>

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<p>As goofy as the title is, the Naked Roommate.</p>

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<p>Naked Roommate is good. Lots of common problems and a few that let you know that your problems aren’t as bad as they could be.</p>

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<p>Great question. I’ll be reading the answers along with you.</p>

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<p>Son loved How to Win at College by Cal Newport. He read passages to me all afternoon. It is practical, yet quite witty.</p>

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<p>Avoid anything by Tucker Max or Bret Easton Ellis if you don’t want to scare/tempt/jade your kid. College Humor does a really funny textbook-style guide.</p>

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<p>I got my daughter one from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series – Campus Chronicles.</p>

<p>Apparently some of it is sort of hokey though.</p>

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<p>I bought Naked Roommate and Getting the Best for both D’s. D#1 took them with her and never opened them (OK, I checked during a visit), and D#2 hid hers under the bed so she wouldn’t have to take them. YMMV.</p>

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<p>Yep, I’m thinking that my kids’ reaction would be the <em>rolls eyes</em> maneuver.</p>

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<p>Maybe I could say for a mothers day present I want D to read one of said books.</p>

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<p>"Maybe I could say for a mothers day present I want D to read one of said books. "
Not a good idea unless you want to start an argument. Isn’t it time to let them decide what they want to read? The summer before the Freshman year is a really good time to let them know you have confidence in their ability to figure things out at college, but if they have questions they can always ask you.</p>

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<p>Seems to me that there was a recommendation on here a couple of years ago about a book titled “Letting Go” or something similar. Does that ring a bell with anyone? (to ease the college transition for parents)</p>

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<p>Letting Go is really for parents…but my kids read it too.</p>

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<p>Personally, I read “The Launching Years”. Not bad. Especially the part about the phone calls you should expect.</p>

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<p>I liked Letting Go and it gave me one great idea: I saved a selection of e-mails that my kids had written freshman through senior year of college. Then I printed them out, 3-hole punched them, put them in a college binder (purchased at the campus bookstore) and gave the book as a gift on graduation day. The change over those four years was striking–and poignant.</p>