Preparing for College: Practical Advice for Students and Their Families - Softcover

John J. Rooney

9780816073788: Preparing for College: Practical Advice for Students and Their Families

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816073783 ISBN 13: 9780816073788

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2009

This is an essential resource for college preparation. It helps students evaluate their strengths, interests, and goals in order to find the right educational fit.

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About the Author:

John J. Rooney, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the master's program in clinical counseling psychology at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John F. Reardon, Ed.D., is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Accounting at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he chaired the department from 1991 to 2000. Katherine Haley Will is the president of Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and chair of the Annapolis Group.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 10 Up—A wealth of advice on selecting the right college and being successful there is based on solid factual information as well as the authors' extensive university teaching experience. The text is straightforward, conversational, and easy to read and understand, with each chapter organized into numerous subtopics. Ten chapters cover everything from the decision to attend college and making visits to majors of study, acceptance, and covering tuition. Other information includes how to avoid common mistakes made in the selection process, basing a decision on teaching quality and reasonable cost, making an impressive application, and how to succeed both academically and socially. Sidebars throughout have additional material, and tables of statistics and figures pertain to cost comparisons, taxes, curriculums, etc. An extensive, categorized list of Web sites to access for current information is included. A lengthy bibliography and detailed index complete this useful volume.—Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE END

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