Getting into college has never been so challenging. The competition is fierce and sometimes a perfect GPA, SAT score, or a great history of volunteer work just isn't enough. Students need to know how to work the system, or better yet, how to crack the system. This revised second edition of the classic guide to college admissions reveals the hidden strategies behind getting a ticket into the college of your choice. From winning over the admissions committee right down to selecting a photo for your application, it's all here!
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When college admissions officers, high school guidance counselors, and how-to-get-into-college books describe the perfect college applicant, they all describe more or less the same person. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
admissions officers, selective colleges, most high school students, coaching course, selective schools Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joe Bloggs, Ivy League, College Board, Early Decision, Asian Americans, Cracking College Admissions, Early Action, Subject Tests, Wake Forest, United States, Advanced Placement, American College Testing Program, College Admissions Handbook Series, Lettermen's Club, African American New!
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- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Hb by John Bartlett on page 137
- The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr. on page 137
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