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More than twenty-five years after being offered admission and full scholarships to Duke University, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robyn S. Hadley continues to assist students, families and others in the process of navigating the college-bound journey. Based on her own personal experiences as well as the experiences of many students and families she has helped over the years, Within View WIthin Reach gives the reader a complete picture of the kinds of things parents and their teenagers need to think about during high school. This also includes the process of considering colleges and applying for college, financial aid and scholarships. Within View, Within Reach is a How To guide for parents that educates them about the world of college admissions and how they can best assist their teenager in finding the right college and paying for it. In this book, Hadley shares a roadmap for parents to assist their teenager in navigating the college bound journey and how to bring the dream of a college education from Within View to Within Reach.

A product of small town America, Graham, North Carolina, Robyn S. Hadley was educated in the public schools of Alamance County and went on to receive a Morehead Scholarship to UNC-Chapel Hill and a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1985. Since college, Hadley has helped teenagers and parents understand how to prepare for college and pay for it. Her work in this area had been mostly as a volunteer until 2004 when she made a career change and started a non-profit, college preparatory program, YESICAN, for children in her hometown. From there, she began consulting in the field of college access and for the past five years has served the Alamance-Burlington School System in North Carolina as Founder and Executive Director of The What s After High School?" Program. The book, Within View, Within Reach is the first in a series which brings together the proven advice and instructions Hadley has provided to teenagers and parents over the years resulting in college admissions, undergraduate and graduate degrees, financial aid and scholarship dollars, successful interviews, travel abroad opportunities, internships in the US and abroad and finally jobs!