• Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Third Edition: Crafting a Winning Personal Statement

    The definitive guide to writing an amazing essay and mastering the college applications process.Writing a memorable personal statement can seem like an overwhelming project for a young college applicant, but college essay coach Alan Gelb's organized and encouraging step-by-step instructions take the intimidation out of the process, enabling applicants to craft a meaningful and polished college admissions essay. Gelb teaches students to identify an engaging topic and use creative writing techniques to compose a vivid statement that will reflect their individuality. A consistent top-seller in th... [Read More]

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  • College Essay Essentials: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Successful College Admissions Essay

    Writing an amazing college admission essay is easier than you think!So you're a high school senior given the task of writing a 650-word personal statement for your college application. Do you tell the story of your life, or a story from your life? Do you choose a single moment? If so, which one? The options seem endless.Lucky for you, they're not. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: Have... [Read More]

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  • Dream College Acceptance: How to Write a College Application Essay That Gets You into Your Dream College

    Could It be this EASY to write college application essays that COMPEL admissions judges to accept you, even if you don’t have high grades or SAT scores? The answer is “Yes”! – and if you want to eliminate every possibility of getting rejected from colleges because of your application essay, and start writing an essay that gets you into your DREAM COLLEGE regardless of your grades or SATs…then this will be the most important book you will ever read! But before you start, I have a few important questions for you. Think carefully as you answer… • Do you have a college that, if you a... [Read More]

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  • Best College Essays 2018: America's Best College Admissions Essays

    This book showcases the best college admissions essays of the year -- essays that got students into all the top schools in the country. Reading sample essays is a great way to learn how to write one. This book provides excellent examples, along with descriptions by the students themselves, of the process they went through in writing their essays. The essays in this anthology give us a glimpse into the dreams, lives and stories of young adults at the moment they are reaching towards, and about to step into, the world. Edited and with an introduction by the foremost professional in the field, co... [Read More]

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  • 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays: What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice

    With talented applicants coming from the top high schools as well as the pressure to succeed from family and friends, it’s no wonder that writing college application essays is one of the most stressful tasks high schoolers face. Add in how hard it is to get started or brag about accomplishments or order stories for maximum effect, and it’s a wonder that any ever get written. To help, this completely new edition of 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, edited by the staff of the Harvard Crimson, gives readers the most inspiring approaches, both conventional and creative, that won over a... [Read More]

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  • Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020

    "The best college guide you can buy."―USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for more than 35 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide to 320+ four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites. Fully updated and expanded every year, Fiske is the most authoritative source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, honest, and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delive... [Read More]

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  • SAT Prep Black Book: The Most Effective SAT Strategies Ever Published

    Click the "look inside" feature above to browse the SAT Black Book and get a feel for how it approaches the SAT! The fully up-to-date SAT Prep Black Book, Second Edition gives you unique, effective SAT strategies from Mike Barrett, an SAT tutor with clients all over the globe who pay him hundreds of dollars an hour for phone tutoring. In addition to extensive and effective training on every aspect of the SAT, the SAT Black Book gives you detailed, systematic, easy-to-follow walkthroughs for every question in 4 of the College Board's official SAT Practice Tests.The Black Book is a must-have in ... [Read More]

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  • Best College Admission Essays (Peterson's Best College Admission Essays)

    Discusses the importance of the college admissions essay, looks at examples of successful personal statements, and offers advice on planning, organizing, and preparing a personal essay.

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  • 50 Successful Stanford Application Essays: Write Your Way into the College of Your Choice

    Helping applicants navigate the intricate yet vitally important essay process at elite schools such as Stanford — a university that enrolls students from all 50 states and 52 countries and has an admission rate less than five percent — this go-to guide helps prospective students see for themselves what it takes to be admitted to selective programs at colleges nationwide. Along with the 50 essay examples that give a detailed analysis of the strengths and even weaknesses of each essay, there are tips from college admission officers and successful applicants and a description of the 25 essay ... [Read More]

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  • On Writing the College Application Essay, 25th Anniversary Edition: The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice

    What does an admissions officer look for in a college application essay?You. It's that simple. There's no formula, no trick, no strategy, says Harry Bauld, a former Ivy League admissions officer. But with acceptance rates at all-time lows, just being yourself in an essay means understanding your readers and the unique form in which you are writing. In this fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to writing the best essay of your life, Bauld reveals the big clichés (The Trip, The Jock, Miss America, Pet Death) and helps you discover ways to come alive on the page as a real perso... [Read More]

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  • SAT Prep Plus 2020: 5 Practice Tests + Proven Strategies + Online (Kaplan Test Prep)

    Kaplan's SAT Prep Plus 2020 prepares you for test day with expert strategies, clear explanations, and realistic practice, including a 250-question online Qbank.This updated edition includes hundreds of new practice questions, new quizzes, a new layout based on student feedback, and online study planning guidance. We're so certain that SAT Prep Plus 2020 offers all the guidance you need to excel on the SAT that we guarantee it: After studying with our online resources and book, you'll score higher on the SAT—or you'll get your money back.The Best PracticeFive full-length Kaplan practice tests... [Read More]

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  • Essays That Worked for College Applications: 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges

    Essays that Worked for College Applications offers advice on writing a successful college admissions essay and presents fifty examples.

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  • The Official SAT Study Guide, 2018 Edition (Official Study Guide for the New Sat)

    Review every skill and question type needed for SAT success – now with eight total practice tests.The 2018 edition of The Official SAT Study Guide doubles the number of official SAT® practice tests to eight – all of them created by the test maker. As part of the College Board's commitment to transparency, all practice tests are available on the College Board's website, but The Official SAT Study Guide is the only place to find them in print along with over 250 pages of additional instruction, guidance, and test information.With updated guidance and practice problems that reflect the most ... [Read More]

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  • College Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition (College Admissions Guides)

    No one knows colleges better than The Princeton Review!Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your college application—the personal essays? Get a little inspiration from real-life examples of successful essays that scored! In College Essays That Made a Difference, 6th Edition, you’ll find:• More than 100 real essays written by 90 unique college hopefuls applying to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and other top schools—along with their stats and where they ultimately got in• Tips and advice on avoiding common grammatical mistakes• Q&A with admissions pros from 20 top colleges, includi... [Read More]

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  • Heavenly Essays: 50 Narrative College Application Essays That Worked

    These 50 slice-of-life college application essays were written by real students who all got into outstanding schools--from Harvard, UCLA, Cornell, NYU and Berkeley to Boston College, Williams, Smith and Brown. By reading these core essays, students can discover their own topic ideas, and also learn the narrative writing style, format and voice for their own essays. Each essay also includes an insightful analysis by the author--renowned essay expert Janine Robinson from the wildly popular blog, Essay Hell--who explains what worked and why. She shows students how they can use specific story-tell... [Read More]

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  • 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays : What Worked for Them Can Help You Get into the College of Your Choice

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  • Hunter College High School Entrance Exam Test Prep Book : 3 Practice Tests & Hunter Test Prep Guide: Hunter College Middle School Test Prep; Hchs Admissions Exam; Hunter High School Test Book, High School Entrance Tests

    The Hunter Test Prep Book and 3 Practice Tests (2nd edition) offers: **THREE full-length practice exams accompanied by detailed solutions **In-depth look at each section of the HCHS admissions exam **TEN essay prompts to help

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  • Freshman Year of Life : Essays That Tell the Truth About Work, Home, and Love After College

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  • Crushing the Common App Essay : A Foolproof Guide to Getting Into Your Top College

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  • Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps, Third Edition : Crafting a Winning Personal Statement

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