Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Professors' Guide to Getting Good Grades in College is the first book to reveal the insider secrets about how professors really grade. The book offers high-value, practical tips about how to succeed at each of the five "grade-bearing" moments of the semester: (1) The Start (2) The Class (3) The Exam (4) The Paper and (5) The Last Month of the Semester. Fast-paced, entertaining, and easy-to-follow, the Professors' Guide will help you get truly...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
The only guide to college with honest advice from both the parent and student point of view Am I ready for college? What will change? How will we stay connected? Mother-daughter team Margo Woodacre and Steffany Carey began their college journey as most parents and students do-full of excitement for the journey ahead and questions about what the journey would bring. In this fully updated edition of I'll Miss You Too, they share practical tips on what...
Author
Language
English
Description
Written by a college counselor who has helped hundreds of students like you become the strongest candidate for BS/MD programs.
Includes:
• How to find the best program for your needs
• The types of essay questions asked by BS/MD programs
• Questions asked during medical school interviews
• How to be the strongest possible candidate
This is the most current and complete guide to BS/MD programs available anywhere. For every program...
Author
Language
English
Description
The statistic is staggering: Fifty percent of Christian college students lose their faith--or at least have made it a low priority--by the time they graduate. With a fresh voice and a conversational style, author David Wheaton explores the three pillars of peril--sex, drugs, and rebellion--most often encountered by college students. He then offers students advice on developing a game plan to avoid the spiritual pitfalls. While the temptations and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Doug French's Verbal Workout for the Accuplacer Test Prep Gets You a High Score! REA's new Accuplacer test prep gets examinees ready for the Verbal portion of the exam. More than 1,300 high schools, technical schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges across the country use the Accuplacer to determine the skill levels of incoming students. Students at all learning levels will benefit from this comprehensive college placement test prep. If...
Author
Language
English
Description
More and more universities and colleges are looking beyond grade point averages and standardized test scores to choose their incoming freshman. What criteria do these institutions of higher education use as their litmus test--the college application essay. But will your average high school essay do the job? When competing against thousands of qualified candidates a college applicant needs more than an introduction, three paragraphs, and a conclusion...
Author
Language
English
Description
Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it!
Read this book instead.
College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck.
The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families...
Author
Language
English
Description
Since when did families putting themselves into suffocating debt when trying to put their children through college become the rule rather than the exception? A long time ago, actually. In fact, drowning in hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt accrual for what seems like a lifetime is barely questioned these days. If you want your kids to pursue post-secondary education, managing (or mismanaging) crippling negative balances is a cruel...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Unlock The Keys To Increase Chances Of Getting Into College With Low GPA
College admission has become a cutthroat process. Top schools seemingly become more and more difficult to gain entry to with the ever-increasing applicant pool of the best and brightest. For the ambitious student, it can seem like a jungle of insurmountable obstacles and questions.
How much does GPA matter? Do I have to have a sport? The essay isn't that important, right? Community...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Completely revised and updated with a dozen new colleges and universities, the essential guide students need to help them choose and gain admission to the outstanding schools that fit them best.
Based on Howard and Matthew Greene's years of counseling experience and research, The Hidden Ivies is an invaluable, in-depth look inside sixty-three renowned academic institutions. These private colleges and universities offer students a broad liberal...
Author
Language
English
Description
Compiled in real time as one family went through the college search. Life's Little College Admission Insights bestselling author and his college bound daughter have compiled an easy to read, ingest and act on insider best in class tips to help make the college search easier right from the beginning! The book is intended to be a jump starter for collegiate research and to be used before you ever pick up one of the many wonderful, yet sometimes overwhelming...
Author
Language
English
Description
You can get into the perfect school!
You may think that getting an acceptance letter from selective colleges and universities is a mad dash to the top that only the very best students survive, and those who make it are just the lucky ones. Stress levels soar as it feels like the bar is rising higher and everything is out of your control.
But that's not true! You can take control, and you can do it in a way that's as effective as it is empowering....
Author
Language
Français
Description
Ce livre résulte d'une pratique développée et éprouvée par une équipe d'enseignants en littérature du Cégep de Baie-Comeau depuis une dizaine d'années, à la recherche d'une méthode de travail permettant aux étudiant·e·s de développer leur autonomie et leur sentiment d'efficacité personnelle lors de l'analyse littéraire et de la rédaction.
Ainsi est né le Guide de l'analyse littéraire au collégial, un ouvrage offrant une méthode...
Author
Language
English
Description
Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case. For some students, it's still a good choice that leads to a successful career after graduation, but for many their degrees are worthless pieces of paper. Choose the wrong program and graduation is more likely to lead to disillusionment and debt than to a steady paycheck. Yet parents, guidance counsellors, and politicians still push higher education as if it's...
Author
Language
English
Description
ADMISSIONS SECRETS COLLEGES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ... and incredibly confusing. You have probably heard countless 'facts' as to what works, what colleges want to see, and how to get into competitive colleges. Don't believe the hype! Following the wrong college application myths can cost you time, money, and most important, the chance to get accepted into the school of your dreams. MYTH: Colleges...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Completely revised and updated with a dozen new colleges and universities, the essential guide students need to help them choose and gain admission to the outstanding schools that fit them best. Based on Howard and Matthew Greene's years of counseling experience and research, The Hidden Ivies is an invaluable, in-depth look inside sixty-three renowned academic institutions. These private colleges and universities offer students a broad liberal arts...
Author
Language
English
Description
Maximize your college experience. Follow the track that costs less and pays more. Whether you're looking to transfer to a four-year school or you want an edge in the job market, community college could be your key to success. The question is: How can you make community college work to your advantage? The Community College Advantage: Your Guide to a Low-Cost, High-Reward College Experience is the first community college strategy guide focused on maximizing...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Penticton Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Items must be over 1 year old.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service for new books published this year. Submit Request