大学入学申请指南 Winning the Heart of the College Admissions Dean

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  Applying to college is the culmination of years of hard work late-night study sessions, grueling SAT preparation, and hours of dedication to extracurricular activities. It’s also a process that often overwhelms both students and parents. In this collection of insightful, candid advice from college-counseling guru Joyce Slayton Mitchell, students and parents will find the core information they need to confidently research colleges, write essays, fill out applications, make sense of financial aid and interviews, and, most important, win the heart of many a college admissions dean. Completely revised and updated with thorough coverage of the new SATs, a new chapter on April decisions, and attention to institutional priorities, WINNING THE HEART OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEAN is your guide to navigating the college selection and application process with sanity and hope.

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Introduction  Seven Basic Assumptions  How This Book Will Help  The College Selection Calendar  International Students:Welcome to College USA  Americans Abroad: Welcome Home!PART Ⅰ: Developing Your College List  Chapter 1—Self-Assessment    Goals andValues    Academics    The Kid behind the Numbers    Activities, Interests, and Aspirations    Personality, Character, and Relationship to Others  Chapter 2—College Admissions Testing    SAT Prep    Preliminary SAT (PSAT)    The SAT and ACT Tests    Advanced Placement Tests  Chapter 3—What's Out There? Researching the Colleges    Research Questions    Keep Your Eyes—and Options—Open    Researching Campus Cultures    View Books, College Catalogs, and the Net    College Representatives Who VisitYour High School    Your High School Faculty    College Visits  Chapter 4—The College Visit    Scheduling the College Visit    How to See    Collecting the Data  Chapter 5—Communications: Personalize, Personalize, Personalize    Communicating the Academic Record and Balanced List to Parents    Communication Means Personalizing    What's the Dean Looking For?  Chapter 6—College Economics 101    Six College Money Principles    Last Word on Financial Aid  Chapter 7—Final List: Eight First Choices    Do You Want to Get In?    Eight First Choices: The Final Eight    One First Choice: Early Decision, Early ActionPART Ⅱ: Applying to College  Chapter 8—College Essay    Who Are You?    Writing the Essay    What Deans of Admissions Look For    A Reflection of You  Chapter 9—The Application    Organizing Applications    The Common Application    Number of Applications    Writing the Application    Short Answers Call for Creativity    Supplementary Materials    ……  Chapter 10—The Interview  Chapter 11—Late Decision(Wait Listed!)  Chapter 12—TransfersPART Ⅲ A Word to the Wise Parents  Chapter 13—A Parenting ChallengeAbout the AuthorAPPENDICESINDEX

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