COLLEGE COUNTDOWN is America’s best planning guide for students and their parents who are not completely sure about how to apply to college, win scholarships and maximize financial aid. It also tells how to earn excellent grades and achieve high college entrance test scores. Some students are the first in their families to go to college; others may be recent immigrants. The complicated admission process and the different deadlines for admissions, testing and scho… More >>
#1 by Anonymous on July 1, 2010 - 8:26 pm
This easy-to-follow guide is packed with timelines and practical tips. Monthly checklists help students stay on top of the planning, testing, application, and selection process. Interspersed with these monthly checklists are tips and strategies to conquer many frustrations freshment experience — such areas as time management, stress reduction, creative problem solving, and reading, listening and speaking skills. College Countdown is the book a student reads as a high school freshman and, four years later, tucks the dogeared copy into his/her suitcase as (s)he heads off to college.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Catherine on July 1, 2010 - 9:30 pm
As a parent of a high school junior, I wish I had this book two years ago. Its “work-book” format makes it ideal for keeping track of all the details that go into getting accepted at the college that’s right for you. Self-directed students and their parents will work their way through a myriad of check-lists and self-assessments on topics ranging from choosing extra-curricular activities to finding and applying for financial aid.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on July 1, 2010 - 9:41 pm
College Countdown is an excellent, comprehensive planning guide for all high school students preparing for college entrance. Its contents include goal setting, resume writing, college selection, the application process and much more. It is clear that this book helps students organize what they need to know and do including a diary in which to record accomplishments. I recommend this book for all high school students who are college bound.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on July 1, 2010 - 10:10 pm
It helped me get in the Colorado School of Mines among others. It is Practical, Useful, and it is Short.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by College Bound on July 2, 2010 - 1:04 am
I’m not for sure what you could do with this book. She is a California teacher who doesn’t have anything new to say. Her financial aid excerpt was basically for California. She missed several tests that students need to take in their high school – and she calls middle school activities Elementary school. Don’t waste your money, there are far better books out there to buy.
Rating: 1 / 5