Navigating Your Freshman Year: How to Make the Leap to College Life-and Land on Your Feet (Students Helping Students) [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 073520392X | Publication Date: April 5, 2005

The orientation sessions might tell freshman where the student union is-but only the true experts can offer the real lowdown on college life. From making peace with a difficult roommate to choosing the right classes, in this guide college students and recent grads tell freshman all they need to know to get through their first year with flying colors.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 10-12. There's lots of good advice in the pages of this guide, written and edited by college students and recent graduates and broken up into short chapters. Pulled quotes, sidebars, and bulleted lists will also help the new frosh. It's all very positive and upbeat, verging at times on the preachy. And even though this is written by young people, the book seems to be a little behind the times: concern about loud music in the era of the iPod and dorm phone use in the age of the cell? Leaving home, doing laundry, forming good study habits, finding friends, and seeking help are all dealt with efficiently, if not comprehensively. Another useful title in this series is Getting through College without Going Broke: A Crash Course on Finding Money for College and Making It Last . GraceAnne DeCandido
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...offer[s] practical, easy-to-absorb bits of advice that can immediately be put into practice. -- Booklist

These are the kinds of guides a guidance counselor might love, with a mentor's nurturing tone. -- The New York Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (April 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073520392X
• ASIN: B002KE45WI
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,858,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift from mom!, January 25, 2006

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college dude (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Navigating Your Freshman Year: How to Make the Leap to College Life-and Land on Your Feet (Students Helping Students) (Mass Market Paperback)

My mom got this book for me, so of course, I ignored it for a while. But then I actually picked it up and thought it was really helpful - some points the student authors make I didn't think about and I think will help me act like less of a dork when I am off to college in the fall.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nick B. Herberger, August 2, 2007

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Nick B. Herberger Jr. (Spokane, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Navigating Your Freshman Year: How to Make the Leap to College Life-and Land on Your Feet (Students Helping Students) (Mass Market Paperback)

I think this book "hit it out of the park" when it comes to giving it's readers a ton of information about the freshman year experience. The author's had an insiders perspective as students in the midst of it and do a great job recounting their experiences and drawing from those experiences practical applications for all.

The freshman year in college is a big deal, a HUGE deal ... it is a transition that few parents and students are prepared for -- what I refer to as "The Perfect Storm". After working on campus in Student Life for many years I have seen how difficult this transition is first-hand. The Department of Education has shown that more that 1/3 of all new freshman will drop out before making it to their sophomore year and fewer than half of all new freshman will graduate from college.

"Navigating Your Freshman Year" gives us some great "real-life" advice on how to weather the storm known as the Freshman Year in college!

Review by: Nick B. Herberger author of "The Freshman 40: everything you need to know about your first forty days in college". For more information, please visit www.LiveYourJourney.com
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, May 5, 2005

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Ana "DF" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Navigating Your Freshman Year: How to Make the Leap to College Life-and Land on Your Feet (Students Helping Students) (Mass Market Paperback)

Finally, someone wrote a book about freshman year of college that is worth reading. It really covers all angles from academics to partying to roommates, etc. But what really works are all the quotes and stories by actual students mixed in. Every high school senior should read this.