How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College: By Hundreds of Happy Parents Who Did

by Hundreds of Heads

Book Overview

Getting into college has become an obsession -- and not just with anxious students. Parents, too, are intensely involved in all aspects of the search and application process. "Expert" advice is easy to find, but nothing beats the hard-won wisdom of those in the front lines -- the parents of recent high school graduates who ran the application gauntlet and lived to tell about it. In this handy, upbeat guide, hundreds of parents discuss their thoughts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933512113
• ISBN13: 9781933512112
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Hundreds of Heads Books
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

My hundreds of new best friends

Advice from the heart ... the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of those who have already tread where you are about to go. No snobby neighbors, no competing colleagues, just hundreds of heads sharing their stories in easy-to-read snippets. It's a well-balanced presentation that allows you to benefit from the reflections of other parents who have already faced the challenges of kids, colleges and chaos. My college years are too far behind me to be relevant today, so this book was a much-needed wake-up call.

How to Have Fun Getting Your Kid into College!

This book doesn't give you a step by step process. I don't think anyone can do that because everyone's situation is different. What it does is provide you with wisdom from hundreds of real life experiences -- some mistakes and some successes. It's almost like having a support system of friends that are there to help you. We are in the thick of the college application process right now with our daughter just starting her senior year. This book has taken a lot of the stress out -- and put a great deal of the excitement back into getting her accepted to the right school for her!

A Parent's Bible!

I wish there was a book a like this for every phase, milestone and crucible moment that my kids will go through. This book will not reduce the your child's process of applying to and getting accepted to college, but parents can breath much easier knowing what to expect from so many others who have been through it before. The book is organized brilliantly and presents all sides of every issue, from when to start the process to how to handle getting the news. If only this book had been around when for own parents, who mostly relied on my high school counselor and whatever they remembered from their experiences 25 years earlier.

How to Avoid Going Overboard

The college admissions process is pitched as being so stressful, so tense, and so do-or-die that it's hard for parents not to lose their minds. A lot of books just feed the flames of anxiety, but this one doesn't. One reason is the eminently wise and useful contributions of the special editor, Rachel Korn, who knows her stuff and shares it with the reader. Another reason is the advice of parents from a wide range of experience, income, and aspiration. You really can learn from them. Finally, there's the oh-so-instructive chapter titled "Overboard." Simply do NOT do what these parents did. Prescription: During your child's junior and senior years in high school, read this book whenever you feel the urge to scream, nag, hector, or browbeat your young 'un. You'll feel better.

Parent-to-Parent Advice for Surviving the College Application Process

If, like me, you're a parent in the midst of going through the college application process with your high-schooler, you're well aware of the many stresses and questions that surround this milestone event. Don't you wish you could have a little chat with parents who have already successfully been through this experience and garner their best survival tips? Well, this is your chance. "How to Survive Getting Your Kid into College" is filled with advice from hundreds of parents who once walked in your shoes. It provides tips on when to get started, seeking financial aid, navigating the testing process, taking college tours, researching schools, and much more. Useful web sites and advice from the editor, a former college admissions officer, are included. When my son finally heads off to college, I know I'll find chapter 12 to be the most valuable: "The Hardest Part: Letting Them Go"!