Secrets From The Cradle To College Admission at MIT and The Ivy League: A Parent-Student Guide for Life Successes in the New Millennium [Paperback]

Earl Guile (Author)

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Publication Date: December 2000 | ISBN-10: 0595089690 | ISBN-13: 978-0595089697

This book provides a guide for parents and students to collaborate in preparing for academic excellence. In the 21st Century our youth need more than ever to optimize their potential, strive for excellence and lead an ethical, balanced life. The books theme is preparation for life and the focus is on gaining admission to highly selective colleges like MIT. Presented is a long- term strategic plan for victory in the competitive game of selective college admission. Most importantly, it is written from a parent''s perspective and written with details of steps to take from preschool through high school. Part One addresses the need for a value system, the importance of goals, and the development of good study habits. Part Two focuses on improving academic skills, and gaining competence in sports and extracurricular activities. Interwoven in the book are the author''s son experiences and how they led to his acceptance at MIT and 12 other universities. Part Three discusses key strategies for the college application process in profuse detail. The author was formally chairperson for the Board of Trustees of the American International School in Riyadh. The book is hoped to aid society in preparing our youth for the new millennium.

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About the Author

The author presently resides with his wife in Portland, Oregon. He previously was Associate Professor at King Saud University and formerly a member and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the American International School in Riyadh, Saudi Arabian. He was educated at Morehouse College, Bowdoin College, University of Pennsylvania, University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University. The author has two sons who graduated from the international school in Riyadh. Mark graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and is now attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Geoffrey graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut and is now attending Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595089690
• ISBN-13: 978-0595089697
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,420,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Earl Ernest Guile is the author of Antarctic Collapse (a novel about climate change), Secrets to a Richer Life (illuminating interviews with citizens from five continents), and Secrets from the Cradle to College Admission at MIT and the Ivy League (a parent-student guide to college admissions). Born in Florence, S.C., he grew up during the civil rights struggle and successfully protested the segregation of the Florence Public Library, opening it for all residents. He is a former university professor who studied at Morehouse College, Bowdoin College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California at Berkeley, and at Harvard University with degrees in biology, dental medicine and public health epidemiology. He has pursued cell biology research at Oak Ridge National Laboratories and at the University of Helsinki. He later took the risk to pursue work in the Third World, first in Cameroon and subsequently in Hong Kong, Suriname, and Saudi Arabia. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. The writer has a fervent belief that advances in science, technology, and universal educational access should be focused like a laser beam to eliminate world poverty, disease, and ignorance, as well as, solve critical problems of energy, clean water, food production, nutrition, and environmental stewardship. He practices Tai Chi, traveled to over 62 countries, has two sons, and presently resides with his wife in Portland, Oregon.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is NOT for most people......, September 11, 2007

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This review is from: Secrets From The Cradle To College Admission at MIT and The Ivy League: A Parent-Student Guide for Life Successes in the New Millennium (Paperback)

I ordered and returned this. My son is a high school senior and looking to get into MIT or another selective school. There is nothing in this book to help him do that. So if your child is past elementary school, there is nothing in this book that is unique. If your child is very young, and you are affluent parents, then the book might be of help to you.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tearing away the veil of selective college admission, June 23, 2001

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Senator Mark O. Hatfield (Oregon, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets From The Cradle To College Admission at MIT and The Ivy League: A Parent-Student Guide for Life Successes in the New Millennium (Paperback)

"Your book is an insightful and relevant expose of what parents and kids should look for when weighing the possibilities of attending an Ivy League school. I have no doubt that this book will be a helpful aid for those who might not have believed such an educational opportunity existed for their child. It can also serve as an impetus in motivating parents to begin the process early in their child's educational career. You have done an apt job in tearing away the veil which has obscured admittance to many of our nation's best schools. I can only hope your book will have a wide readership among mainstream America."