Books on college admission process?

[Mwfan1921]

Here are some other threads that have some book and article suggestions, although some are broader and/or adjacent to what you asked.

Best book for what to do in high school to prepare for college

Hi there, My daughter will be starting high school next fall. I feel Ill-equipped to guide her about what she needs to do in high school in order to be able to get into a very good college. I went to college decades ago, and things have changed, and I wasn’t an engaged serious student, in any case. Can anyone suggest a book that will tell me what my daughter needs to do to be considered qualified to attend a very good school, not Ivy League necessarily but maybe “hidden Ivy”? Whether she will buckle down and work hard enough to do what she has to do remains to be seen, but I want to be able to give her the goals to shoot for. Thank you!

2021 book recommendations for selective college admissions

Now that both of my kids are in college, parents often ask me for guidance about the college admission process. And while I am happy to give advice, some parents don’t even have a good foundation on the basics. On the other extreme are the tiger parents that are asking too much of their kids. Back when I was in the middle of this, there were two books that I found very helpful. A is for Admission, by Michelle Hernandez. This is a book that laid out the entire admissions process for highly selective colleges. How to be a High School Superstar Without Burning Out by Cal Newport. This book talked about students finding activities they loved, focusing deeply on them and developing uncommon expertise that stood out. More importantly, it talked about avoiding the rat race of taking too many AP courses and spreading too thin across many activities. A is for Admission was written in 2009 and is now outdated. Cal Newport’s book is almost as old, but I feel it is still relevant today. But …

Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides

Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combination). I reacted by buying (and reading) every book I could on the subject. To my horror I discovered the number came to above 40! In an effort to save others the time and expense, I thought I would BRIEFLY review the books I bought. I also recommend buying some of these used to save $$$ (my favorite are old library copies with the plastic covers) if timeliness is not an issue. Please note the grades are based solely my opinions and how useful I found them, and not a New York Review of Books level qualification. The list is defined by my purchases – of course there are many, many others. Some of these I read over 2 years ago, and I did not take contemporaneous notes in preparation for this task, so you’re getting my recollections as they are. I’ve divided the books …