8 First Choices: An Expert's Strategies for Getting into College - Softcover

Mitchell, Joyce Slayton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617601632 ISBN 13: 9781617601637

Publisher: SuperCollege, 2020

Synopsis

Written within an educational framework, this handbook offers general guidance to help students do a self-assessment and select the top eight colleges that are the strongest fit for them. Establishing readers as anthropologists, students will learn to observe 20 campus cultures, assess each one, and research their options in American higher education. Additionally, it offers several basic assumptions that are contrary to common knowledge about getting into college. Written by a college counselor with decades of experience, this guide offers insight into the college admissions process and allows students to hone in on the schools that are right for them.

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About the Author

Joyce Slayton Mitchell has served 17 years as the Director of College Advising at the Nightingale Bamford School in New York City. She currently has a consultancy at the North London Collegiate School Jeju, ROK. Mitchell is the author of 41 works of nonfiction, including The Korean Guide to American Universities (in Korean Language), The Chinese Guide to American Universities (in Mandarin), and College to Career: The Guide to Career Planning and Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean. She writes a college advice column in the Hardwick Gazette (Vermont), and in the China Daily’s teen edition, 21st Century, for Mainland China’s national school students. She resides in New York City.

From the Back Cover

WHAT THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEANS ARE SAYING

Eight First Choices is the culmination of 25 years of experience from premier college
counselor Joyce Slayton Mitchell. You will learn how to take charge of the admissions process and how to successfully apply to your eight first-choice colleges.

HARVARD “Mitchell offers many great insights into the complexity of the college admissions process.”
—William R. Fitzsimmons

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE “Mitchell’s advice is straight up and free of gimmicks—a rarity found in today’s college admissions resource books.”
—Martha C. Merrill

NORTHWESTERN “Read this book and some of it out loud. Mitchell knows the hearts—and minds—of students and their parents.”
—Sheppard Shanley

CARLETON “Compare the search for college in 21st-century America to a wild, white water rafting ride, then you want this author as your river guide.”
—Paul Thiboutot

SMITH “Eight First Choices makes a scientist out of the high school senior who sets out to collect data until she finds her eight perfect matches.”
—Audrey Y. Smith

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN “This is one of the finest publications about college admissions that has come out in some time.”
—Ted Spencer

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA “This is the only book that puts you, as the college applicant, at the center of the admissions process.”
—Eric J. Kaplan

BRYN MAWR “This is, by far, my first-choice guide to the college admissions process.”
—Jenny Rickard

INDIANA UNIVERSITY “What a terrific resource for students and families! Eight First Choices is a balanced, step-by-step guide to college selection.”
—Mary Ellen Anderson

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH “Give yourself a gift—make full use of this expert’s advice.”
—Betsy Porter

EMORY “She gets it right, and she knows what’s most important in all of this: the students!”
—Scott L. Allen

DUKE “The admissions profession enjoy Mitchell’s valuable insights, sharp opinions, and clear writing as she examines the college selection process.”
—Christoph Guttentag

WESLEYAN “This book brings the advice of one of the great college counselors to many who need it and haven’t typically had the advantage.”
—Nancy Hargrave Meislahn

From the Inside Flap

WHAT THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEANS ARE SAYING

Eight First Choices is the culmination of 25 years of experience from premier college
counselor Joyce Slayton Mitchell. You will learn how to take charge of the admissions process and how to successfully apply to your eight first-choice colleges.

HARVARD “Mitchell offers many great insights into the complexity of the college admissions process.&;
—William R. Fitzsimmons

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE “Mitchell&;s advice is straight up and free of gimmicks—a rarity found in today&;s college admissions resource books.&;
—Martha C. Merrill

NORTHWESTERN “Read this book and some of it out loud. Mitchell knows the hearts—and minds—of students and their parents.&;
—Sheppard Shanley

CARLETON “Compare the search for college in 21st-century America to a wild, white water rafting ride, then you want this author as your river guide.&;
—Paul Thiboutot

SMITH “Eight First Choices makes a scientist out of the high school senior who sets out to collect data until she finds her eight perfect matches.&;
—Audrey Y. Smith

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN “This is one of the finest publications about college admissions that has come out in some time.&;
—Ted Spencer

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA “This is the only book that puts you, as the college applicant, at the center of the admissions process.&;
—Eric J. Kaplan

BRYN MAWR “This is, by far, my first-choice guide to the college admissions process.&;
—Jenny Rickard

INDIANA UNIVERSITY “What a terrific resource for students and families! Eight First Choices is a balanced, step-by-step guide to college selection.&;
—Mary Ellen Anderson

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH “Give yourself a gift—make full use of this expert&;s advice.&;
—Betsy Porter

EMORY “She gets it right, and she knows what&;s most important in all of this: the students!&;
—Scott L. Allen

DUKE “The admissions profession enjoy Mitchell&;s valuable insights, sharp opinions, and clear writing as she examines the college selection process.&;
—Christoph Guttentag

WESLEYAN “This book brings the advice of one of the great college counselors to many who need it and haven&;t typically had the advantage.&;
—Nancy Hargrave Meislahn

Edition details

• Publisher: SuperCollege
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617601632
• ISBN 13: 9781617601637
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 208