College Admissions Cracked, Jill Margaret Shulman
College Admissions Cracked, Jill Margaret Shulman
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College Admissions Cracked
Saving Your Kid (and Yourself) from the Madness

Author: Jill Margaret Shulman

Narrator: Jill Margaret Shulman

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2019

Synopsis

How to help your kid navigate the college admissions process -- from scheduling standardized tests to writing essays -- month by month, girlfriend's-guide style.
So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college" like it was a terminal disease. You've seen their taut, maniacal grins as they try to hold it together. The process of weathering and conquering the college admissions process with a teenager is a daunting affair for many. Advice will pour in through friends, your child's guidance counselor, and your mother's neighbor's cousin.

Thankfully, Jill Margaret Shulman, a college admissions coach, application evaluator, college writing instructor, essayist, author, and empathetic parent, is here to be your fiercest ally. She'll guide you through the entire crazy ritual that college admissions has become, month by month, breath by deep, cleansing breath, until you drop your kid off at college where she will ignore your phone calls and texts.
Come as you are -- whether chill or roiling with anxiety -- and Shulman, along with a platoon of experts and fellow parents, will help you maintain your strength and sense of self-worth, so easily lost somewhere between your teenager's screaming, "I hate you! You're ruining my life!" and typing your credit card number into the College Board's website for the twentieth time.
You've got college admissions cracked, and now, this book has got your back.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

A welcome dose of wisdom and sanity, College Admissions Cracked gives you all the information you need to feel confident guiding your kid through the process and to stay as calm as possible throughout. I loved the way the book is broken down into what to do in various seasons and the astute psycholo......more

Goodreads review by Carin

This book is an incredibly helpful resource for the overwhelmed parent. I have navigated the college admissions process twice now, and wish I had had it from the start. Now I'm sending it to every friend & family member with high school aged children. It's clear, informative, and reassuring.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

Dear reader, I know what you are thinking. “But Kelly your kid is just a sophomore!” And while that is true, she won’t always be and I prefer to be prepared. I was the first one to graduate from college in my family. And having gone to an inner city school in the 90s, I received no help or guidance......more

Goodreads review by Naomi

My firstborn is heading to college this fall. I read an ARC of this book just after she got some of her acceptances -- and man, do I wish I'd had it about a year or so prior! It was still helpful, though, in terms of helping me navigate the end stages of this madness that we call the college admissi......more

Goodreads review by Pam

As most folks at goodreads are avid readers, let me give you some advice that I learned the hard way. When you've got a student in the process of applying to college, rather than reading every guide out there, you just need one book-- College Admissions Cracked. You're welcome. Now you've got time t......more

Quotes

"As a fun, practical, and, best of all, panic-free guide to a common rite of passage, Jill Margaret Shulman's College Admissions Cracked could not be more timely. Why our society insists on taking what should be just another step on the road to adulthood and turning it into an agonizing gauntlet is perhaps a question for another time. For now, take heart: if it is possible for a book to be a chill pill, pep talk, and roadmap all in one, this lively work certainly fills the bill."—Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle

"Into the breach of the college admissions mania steps Jill Margaret Shulman with a game-changing guide to navigating and surviving the process. It packs the insights and strategies some pay a consultant thousands for into an all-encompassing, easy-to-follow plan. As comforting as it is comprehensive, it's the closest thing to a support group you will find. A must-read for parents wanting to help their college-bound student, while not losing their minds!"—Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult

"Shulman's book is an invaluable resource for the parents and guardians of college-bound kids. In addition to practical, step-by-step considerations of the research, application, and financial aid processes, she offers a sanctuary of sanity in the often chaotic and stressful ethos of the world of college admission. Readers will benefit from her strategic tools, clarity, and good humor as they work to successfully support their children's best fit for college. It is the one book every parent embarking on the college journey with their child should read."—Katie Fretwell, Former Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Amherst College

"Sharp, wise, and witty, College Admissions Cracked is the crystal clear roadmap through chaos that you have been looking for and the welcome relief that you didn't realize was possible. If you have a kid who's on the path to college, this book is indispensable."—Daniel Lerner, coauthor of U Thrive

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