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The Real Freshman Handbook: A Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus 2nd Edition

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Mariner Books; 2 edition (April 25, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0618163425
  • ISBN-13: 978-6181634258
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 starsGreat Disappointment
By Travis Hellstrom on June 12, 2003
Format: Paperback
After surveying many books to purchase in preparation for college, I bought this book. I would not recommend this book for the following reasons: continuous sarcasm creates constant confusion, regular sexual innuendos get old fast, irrelevant page-fillers line book, but leave for an empty mind, and grammar and writing are much lower quality than expected of a Harvard graduate. The only suggestions, which I actually thought were helpful and relevant, of which there were some, were all too obvious and things I learned my freshman year in high school. Overall, I would not suggest a student, or anyone, buy this book, I regret that I did.
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3.0 out of 5 starsA bit disappointing
By Thomas Edison on March 11, 2003
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There were chunks in this book that I just could not apply to my situation. For example 1/4 of the book dealt with cars and I cannot even drive in Boston so I had to skip that part. Another 1/4 of this book is filled with lists and while the author is helpful in explaining why we might need the items the author doesn't realize that colleges send lists to freshman about what to bring.
This book is also based of a female point of view which is a bit of downer for those of us guys trying to find out more about how it will be like to live in a new enviorment. The psychology asserted in the book is of females and the "dialoges" which take place in another quarter of the book are between girls and discuss futile things.
I wish the author would have saved me my money and just used the last 1/4 of the book which was loaded with useful information. I learned that I should not microwave my socks because unlike a dryer they might actually burn them. The author has a good way with wit(however it is based off a female point of view). At any rate there is some useful stuff and it is worth buying if one is willing to skip 3/4 of the book because of the futility it holds.
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1.0 out of 5 starsIs there anything real about this book?
By A Customer on March 12, 2004
Format: Paperback
I read the first addition of this book and was blown away by the bad advice, sexual innuendos, and not-so-cute in-jokes. At times there is some legitimate advice being offered, however for the most part you would be better served tossing this one back onto the pile.
I doubt anyone would be prepared for a real life college experience after reading this book. In fact at one point the book recommends using duct table to attach things to the walls of a dorm room. Guess what -- that is a bad idea! Duct tape peels paint when removed. Peeled paint means room dammages, which means you, the poor college freshman, will be charged additional fees. BAD BAD BAD BAD
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3.0 out of 5 starsEh... Its just OK...
By A Customer on June 17, 2003
Format: Paperback
[...]BR>I liked that it was written by a college student and all her friends. There were some interesting tips and stories that I truly found helpful. However, I hated all their inside personal humor which ran rampant through every single chapter. This point made, the text got a bit annoying and exasperating at times. I liked the lists they provided of things to pack. I believe someone else pointed out that your college sends you a list of such... The lists in the book however remind you of the things I definately would have forgotten. Also there is a lot of information on a wide range of topics, however these are not very in-depth accounts usually. I feel kind of indifferent to this book. Its [inexpensive] enough to give it a try.
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1.0 out of 5 starsOh, so SO awful...Don't buy this book!
By La Gata Blanca on January 1, 2015
Format: Paperback
Suggested different title for this book: "Ten Cents Worth of Sophomoric Potty-Mouth Advice for Freshmen, Printed on Two Dollars worth of Paper: Cost $10.00".
Purporting to be of assistance to Freshmen, this "Mean Girls" take on how to handle your first year of college is rife with silly jokes and padded with worthless lists of dry information obtainable elsewhere in better form and detail. Copyrighted in 1996 and updated in 2002, it is already out-of-date advice on computers, date rape, health and medical information, and bewilderingly, automotive maintenance. Did this Harvard student not learn in an English composition class to write what one knows about? If you are a parent thinking this "guide" will contain good advice for your young person, know in paragraph two the author suggests students "follow your libido"- to where? The student health center to learn you have an STD? The author offers tips on how to get away with under-age drinking and states in the chapter titled "Wild Thing: Sex", "We've tried, throughout this book, to give you the means of access to the world of love and relationships...and a sense of its delights...". I thought we were leaving that to the book, "Fifty Shades of Grey". It is possible that in the next few years, this author may have a child of their own ready to begin college. Let's hope for their sake someone has't read her tips on page 179 for taking revenge on an enemy by sabotaging their clothes in the laundry. Karma is a...well, you know.
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