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African American Student's College Guide: Your One-Stop Resource for Choosing the Right College, Getting in, and Paying the Bill (Black Excel) (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: black college tour, major black fraternities, four undergraduate schools, African American, New York, College Ranking (more...)

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Your One-Step Resource for Choosing the Right College, Getting in and Paying the Bill

Inside tips on admissions
Profiles of 100 top colleges
Hundreds of scholarship sources

How do you pick the right college? Can you get in? And if you get in, how will you pay for it? Choosing a college is the most important—and daunting—decision facing today’s high school students. Unfortunately, when it comes time to narrow down the choices and throw the perfect admissions punch, young people are often left to navigate the tricky admissions process on their own.

Now, from the nation’s top African American college guidance service, comes help at last—a comprehensive, one-stop guide to finding the right college, getting in, paying the bill, and much more. With insider tips on the entire admissions process, including advice on choosing a school, getting into the elite colleges, writing a powerful essay, preparing for the SATs, and packaging the application, the book shows students how to package themselves. No wonder college counselors nationwide look to Black Excel for resource materials. A one-of-a-kind manual for success, African American Student’s College Guide also provides:

In-depth profiles of the top 100 colleges for African American students
Black Excel’s exclusive list of hundreds of scholarships
The "Get-the-Money Guide"
Extraordinary sample essays
Invaluable Internet resources

Whether you’re a superstar student shooting for the Ivy League or a high school underachiever who needs a "second chance," African American Student’s College Guide will give you that much-needed edge–including the "real rules," insider’s tips, and how to beat the admissions odds. BLACK EXCEL: THE COLLEGE HELP NETWORK is the nation’s premier college help service for African Americans. Founded in 1988, it has garnered continuous praise for its personal counseling services, information packets, and its award-winning web site

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How do you pick the right college? Can you get in?

And if you get in, how will you pay for it? Choosing a college is the most important–and daunting–decision facing today’s high school students. Unfortunately, when it comes time to narrow down the choices and throw the perfect admissions punch, young people are often left to navigate the tricky admissions process on their own. Now, from the nation’s top African American college guidance service, comes help at last–a comprehensive, one-stop guide to finding the right college, getting in, paying the bill, and much more. With insider tips on the entire admissions process, including advice on choosing a school, getting into the elite colleges, writing a powerful essay, preparing for the SATs, and packaging the application, the book shows students how to package themselves. No wonder college counselors nationwide look to Black Excel for resource materials. A one-of-a-kind manual for success, African American Student’s College Guide also provides:

In-depth profiles of the top 100 colleges for African American students
Black Excel’s exclusive list of hundreds of scholarships
The "Get-the-Money Guide"
Extraordinary sample essays
Invaluable Internet resources

Product Details

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 24, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471295523
ISBN-13: 978-0471295525
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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black college tour, major black fraternities, four undergraduate schools, six undergraduate schools, grade adviser, five undergraduate schools, aid deadline, prelaw society, major fraternities, very competitive schools, most popular majors, super student, including residences, scholarship possibilities, admissions team, application deadline, decision deadline, arriving students, black student union, academic average, scholarship list, scholarship sources, cultural outlets, commuter school, intercollegiate teams

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African American, New York, College Ranking, North Carolina, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Ivy League, Delta Sigma Theta, United States, Howard University, Black Excel, Alpha Phi Alpha, Los Angeles, National Society of Black Engineers, Bryn Mawr, Campus Life There, Criminal Justice, National Merit, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Johns Hopkins, Journal of Blacks, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Morgan State, University of California, University of Michigan

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Questions and Admissions: Reflections on 100,000 Admissions Decisions at Stanford by Jean Fetter on page 62, and page 63
The American Heritage First Dictionary by Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries on page 71
Daughters of the Dust: A Novel by Julie Dash on page 62
Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe on page 50
A Is for Admission: The Insider's Guide to Getting into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges by Michele A. Hernandez on page 62

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The information provided in the book was informative, however over 1/3 of the letters I mailed out requesting scholarship information were returned due to bad addresses.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Helpful Resource for Student and Parents, September 20, 2001

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This guidebook has been meticulously researched and gives readers the kind of heads-up needed to get in the best schools and find money to pay for it. Solid info and insider coaching for every phase of the process. Invaluale.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding resource!!!, October 4, 2000

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This book is an OUTSTANDING resource for high school students and parents who want a nuts-and-bolts guide to navigating the confusing college admissions and financial aid process with a sensitivity to issues concerning African Americans!!! I only wish that I could have benefitted from the wealth of information included in the pages of the Black Excel African American Student's College Guide back when I was a high school student! I would definitely recommend this book not only for African American high school students, but also for junior high school students who have aspirations to obtain a college education and get into the best school for them! I commend Isaac Black for writing this book and I plan to continue to recommend it to students that I mentor and meet!

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