Admissions rates of 6 percent? Kids applying to thirty-two colleges? Sixteen-year-olds with more impressive resumes than Fortune 500 CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind? Why yes, it has! J.D. Rothman, the Neurotic Parent of blog fame, takes readers on a hilarious satiric journey through today’s insane college admissions process. The vividly illustrated book takes you from the Itsy-Bitsy Fiske Guide and Junior Kumon Tips for Preschoolers through Rejection Letters from the Heart and Bed Bath & Bye-Bye.
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"Laugh-out-loud funny... this book is going to be a huge success!"
-- Teen Vogue
-- Teen Vogue
"It's hilarious!"
-- Madeleine Brand, KPCC/NPR
Witty insight into the admissions process....Smartly satirical, providing hilarious solutions to real problems....Filled with various charts and diagrams that will get your children into Harvard (after deferment, of course). Altogether..a smart, wry look at the process.
--St. Louis Magazine
"Made us laugh out loud... Rothman is an acute observer of the road to the fat envelope."
-- Admission Now
"Playful... quirky... belly-busting... full of funny statistics and oddities."
-- National Association of College Admissions Counselors
"If you need a good laugh at how crazy the college admissions process has become, this is a book for you. Rothman, a television comedy writer, subtly weaves good advice about encouraging students to strike a healthy balance, find their passion and communicate that to colleges." -- Charlotte Observer
About the Author
J.D. Rothman: J.D. (Judy) Rothman is an Emmy-winning screenwriter and lyricist specializing in comedy and children's programming. She coped with the stress of her son's college-application process by becoming the blogger The Neurotic Parent, which later inspired the book. She also contributed to I'm Going to College, Not You (St. Martin's).
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J.D. Rothman, a former instructor of remedial freshman composition, is an Emmy-winning children's television writer, producer and lyricist. While on an eight-state college tour with her older son, she started the formerly anonymous NeuroticParent blog, which was excerpted in "I'm Going to College, Not You" (St. Martins Press, 2010). Rothman grew up in Brooklyn, and resided in several Latin American countries before settling in Santa Monica, where she and her husband, a bassist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, live in their emptying nest.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You will laugh and maybe even cry over this satirical look at the college admissions experience. J.D. Rothman's funny anecdotes, snarky observations and insanely neurotic fears about her son's slim chances of ever getting into college made me realize that I too am a card-carrying member of the Neurotic Parent Institute. I just finished going through the college tours, SATs, applications and waiting for rejections/acceptances with my daughter, and reading this book gave me just the laugh I needed!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book does for the college-admissions craziness what the Official Preppy Handbook did for preps back in the day. It's based in reality but ramps it up to a hilariously funny level, pointing out how insane things have gotten in this Common App area. I laughed out loud many many times.... I think my favorite is the section called "50 Insane Reasons Why Kids Don't Like Colleges"-- things like ugly footwear on the tour guide, too many Harry Potter references, and tour guide looking too much like a sibling. If you've been through the college-app thing in the last decade, or will be going through it in the coming years, you'll get a huge kick out of this book.
I'm biased because I'm the publisher-- but the reason I'm the publisher is that I've been through this twice with my own kids, and I found Rothman so hilarious that I HAD to publish her book!
I'm biased because I'm the publisher-- but the reason I'm the publisher is that I've been through this twice with my own kids, and I found Rothman so hilarious that I HAD to publish her book!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
A very funny book about a not very funny experience. This books is just what the doctor ordered: a good laugh, (along with a few great college acceptance letters), makes you forget how bad the "labor" really was.
Not just for neurotic parents, this is a great read for the college bound student as well.
Not just for neurotic parents, this is a great read for the college bound student as well.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
This book is insanely great! Love the great layout and different sections. This books was really funny because she talks about all the ludicrous things that you think down inside... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sean Metzger
4.0 out of 5 stars
Is my place bugged?
So funny (and too true). My sister and I both have college and college-bound kids and were joking about writing a book from the perspective of an exasperated parent. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Greg Finnegan
5.0 out of 5 stars
An hilarious, wild ride through getting your child into college.
Everything you never thought you needed to know about getting your child into college is covered in a light, funny, and often bizzarre style. Read more
Published 8 months ago by DavidsWeb
5.0 out of 5 stars
VERY PERCEPTIVE INSIGHTS
At first I was entertained by the wit and comic anecdotes. But the more I read, the more perceptive and useful insights to the college process I found. Read more
Published 12 months ago by PaulCapeCod
5.0 out of 5 stars
The perfect book to put things into perspective
Loved this book. Helps put things into perspective. In this age of packaging, prepping and stressing over your child's college admission, this book is the perfect anti dote for... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sangeeta Elhence
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions
A wonderful and extremely witty book. I immediately sent copies to everyone I know who is dealing with the application process. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lauretta
5.0 out of 5 stars
Who needs college anyways?
For a parent who has a daughter starting college soon and another entering high school, this book was hilarious, refreshing, and a nice change of pace from all of the straight... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kim Heimbuch
5.0 out of 5 stars
You even have to be a parent...
I don't even have children, and I found this book hilarious. I have been around enough neurotic parent friends of mine to know that the college admissions process has gotten WAY... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Susan Stangl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Still Laughing
Three children later, I thought I could spin out the miseries of senior year with my own funny stories. But J.D. has me beat. Read more
Published 14 months ago by flimfrik
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Parental Must Read!
If you've ever had a child go through the college admissions process or ever hope to survive it, you must read this book.*
My review is simple. Read more
My review is simple. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Modadunn
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