Countdown to College

Countdown to College
Author :
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 274
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781524799304
ISBN-13 : 1524799300
Rating : 4/5 (300 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Countdown to College by : Monique Rinere

Download or read book Countdown to College written by Monique Rinere and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Every new student grapples with making a successful transition to college—with remaining healthy, happy, grounded, and in school. Indeed, the national statistics are sobering: One in three freshmen will not come back for sophomore year, and less than 50 percent will graduate on time. A student’s adjustment is key, especially during the period starting with the lazy summer months before move-in and ending at the dizzying close of a student’s first semester. Distilling lessons and sharing stories (some cautionary, some entertaining, all helpful) from her long college advisory career, three-time Ivy League dean Monique Rinere presents a unique month-by-month road map to a college experience that is rich, rewarding, and successful for teens and parents alike. Taking parents from the moment the acceptances arrive to the end of the first college semester, her expert advice covers: • assessing the right fit among your child’s options: who and what to ask to get the real scoop on campus and academic life • understanding actual costs: considering hidden expenses, financial-aid and scholarship fine print, loans, and work-study opportunities • parenting through the senior slump so that students don’t jeopardize their hard-won college spot • talking to your child about freshman culture shock and their new freedoms around parties, food, finances, and sleep • what your child needs to know about working with an academic advisor, interacting with professors, and creating their own community of advisors • how to help your rising freshman create a conceptual bridge from what they are, a graduating high school senior, to what they want to be, a college alum • time-management and class-scheduling tips to help your child pick an appropriate class (and extracurricular) load • advice for parents facing the emptying nest: letting go of your anxieties about your child’s autonomy and seizing this opportunity to reinvent your life in new and intentional ways “A valuable and comprehensive guide for parents of college-bound students . . . The months between high school and college are a critical time, but Dr. Monique Rinere gives you confidence that everything will be all right.”—Marvin Krislov, president, Pace University


Countdown to College Related Books

Fiske Countdown to College
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: Bruce G Hammond
Categories: Study Aids
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Unique, simple approach to the complicated college prep process, from the leading authority in college admissions. Getting ready for college is a complicated an
Countdown to College
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Monique Rinere
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-05 - Publisher: Ballantine Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Every new student grapples with making a suc
Countdown to College
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Valerie Pierce
Categories: College
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Front Porch Press (MI)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

These invaluable To-Do lists show 9th, 10th, 11th, & 12th graders WHAT to do and WHEN to do it to ensure their admission to the college of their choice. There w
How to College
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: Andrea Malkin Brenner
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-23 - Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first practical guide of its kind that helps students transition smoothly from high school to college The transition from high school—and home—to colleg
Countdown to College
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Valerie Pierce
Categories: College applications
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-24 - Publisher: Front Porch Press (MI)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An easy timeline to help high school students maximize each of their 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years and optimize their chances of getting into the colleg