Early Entrance to College [Paperback]

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Publication Date: November 20, 2006

Making informed decisions about college is difficult enough for traditional students who plan to enter college after their senior year. Those who deviate from this trajectory and exhaust their high school's course offerings 1, 2, or even 3 or more years before their age peers may consider part-time or full-time college as an alternative. Understandably, for prospective early entrants and their parents, decisions regarding college are considerably more complicated. This comprehensive guide, which incorporates the views of experts on early college entrance (ECE), ECE program administrators, early entrants, and their parents, is aimed at helping families navigate through the complex decision-making process. This book identifies important issues that need to be discussed and choices that need to be made before and after one enters college. Factors affecting academic, social, and emotional adjustment to college are explored, and information about ECE programs in the United States is provided.

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Written by Michelle C. Muratori, Ph.D., an experienced counselor for gifted young adults who enter college early, Early Entrance to College: A Guide to Success is a straightforward guide for young people and their families to the many challenges and rewards of embarking on a part-time or full-time college career one, two, or even three or more years sooner than usual. Chapters address factors affecting academic, social, and emotional adjustment to college, as well as expert views and opinions on early college entrance. Of special importance are the chapters that stress why some who gain early entrance to college succeed and some do not, and the do's and don'ts to prepare for the transition and keep one's momentum once enrolled. An absolute “must-have” for anyone considering early college entrance, and packed with valuable information for anyone considering college regardless of age. --
    —James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Drawing on her years of experience working as a coordinator and counselor of gifted students in the National Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, an early college entrance program at The University of Iowa (UI), Michelle Muratori was inspired to study the academic, social, and personal adjustment of students who enter college early. Muratori holds a doctorate in counseling psychology from UI, and continues to advocate for and work with highly gifted students and their families through the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University as a senior counselor and researcher. In addition, she teaches master’s level courses as a faculty associate in teh Counseling and Human Services Department at Johns Hopkins University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 231 pages
• Publisher: Prufrock Press (November 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593631995
• ISBN-13: 978-1593631994
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute "must-have" for anyone considering early college entrance, March 5, 2007

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Written by Michelle C. Muratori, Ph.D., an experienced counselor for gifted young adults who enter college early, Early Entrance to College: A Guide to Success is a straightforward guide for young people and their families to the many challenges and rewards of embarking on a part-time or full-time college career one, two, or even three or more years sooner than usual. Chapters address factors affecting academic, social, and emotional adjustment to college, as well as expert views and opinions on early college entrance. Of especial importance are the chapters that stress why some who gain early entrance to college succeed and some do not, and the do's and don'ts to prepare for the transition and keep one's momentum once enrolled. An absolute "must-have" for anyone considering early college entrance, and packed with valuable information for anyone considering college regardless of age.