Get It Together for College: A Planner to Help You Get Organized and Get In

The College Board

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9780874479744: Get It Together for College: A Planner to Help You Get Organized and Get In

ISBN 10: 0874479746 ISBN 13: 9780874479744

Publisher: College Board, 2011

Any high-school senior will tell you that the hardest part of applying to college is getting organized and staying on top of all the forms, requirements, and deadlines. This revised edition of Get It Together for College helps students do just that.

Completely updated to cover current college application policies and procedures, this planner covers everything from how to look for colleges to what to take to the dorm. The tools and tips are presented in a practical, quick-and-easy format that helps students relieve stress and take control of the process.

New

� tips on how social networks and smartphone apps can make the process easier

� special advice for homeschooled students

� how to put a portfolio together for art schools or audition for music programs

Plus

� step-by-step walk-through of the new FAFSA financial aid form

� complete junior–senior year calendar showing what to do and when to do it

� tracking charts for staying on top of all the "to-dos"

� how to get recommendations

� journal pages for campus visits and college fairs

Students and parents recognize the College Board and its website, collegeboard.com, as providers of clear, easy-to-use tools for college planning. More than two million students visit collegeboard.com each month.

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About the Author:

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the College Board is composed of more than 5,700 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves 7 million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admission, guidance, assessment, financial aid, and enrollment. Among its widely recognized programs are the SAT�, the PSAT/NMSQT�, the Advanced Placement Program� (AP�), SpringBoard� and ACCUPLACER�. The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.

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