In high school, students have lots of safety nets. In college, they sink or swim. This completely revised guide to college success educates students in the basic college survival skills that professors don't teach, such as how to study, take tests, balance school and social life, and more. Filled with advice on how to hit the campus running, this fun-spirited crash course in the rules of college provides tools to equip students for a lifetime of learning. A thorough revision of the popular guide to all things college, with three completely new chapters on research papers, theories of learning, and Q&As. Includes helpful sidebars, such as sad-but-true student stories, study tips, and info for nontraditional students, as well as special coaching for struggling students. Previous edition has sold 40,000 copies.Reviews"Worth a look, if you're headed for college or getting ready to apply."-San Diego Union Tribune

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This less expensive, streamlined edition of Your College Experience presents a straightforward, realistic, and intelligent review of the skills students need to succeed in college. The text focuses on the academic skills taught in college success courses while additional coverage of emotional intelligence, learning styles, diversity, and money help students get off to a great start.While maintaining its hallmark theme of goal setting, the new edition focuses on practical strategies across all topics of the book to help students be successful from the start. Chapters on Time Management and Communication & Information Literacy have been expanded and updated to incorporate the tools and strategies students use on campus right now. And each new copy of the text can be packaged free with LearningCurve, a new adaptive, online assessment tool.A full package of instructional support materials—Instructor's Annotated Edition, Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint slides, videos, and Test Bank—provides new and experienced instructors all the tools they will need to engage students and increase student retention. 

Product Description: Record numbers of teens are applying to selective universities and the competition to gain entrance into college is tougher than ever before. The 2016-2017 edition of The Best Summer Programs for Teens helps teenagers find the coolest, most exciting, and most fulfilling summer programs across the United States...read more

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Product Description: Covers college application policies and procedures. This title provides tips on how social networks and smart phone apps can make the process easier; special advice for home schooled students; and, shows to put a portfolio together for art schools or audition for music programs.

Product Description: The #1 Girls' Guide to CollegeWhat to know a secret about life in college?Everyone―from the social butterfly in freshman orientation to the top student in Bio 101―feels a little unsure about the college experience. And that's completely normal! In fact, everyone could use a little help sometimes, especially in their first year...read more

Product Description: The only guide to college with honest advice from both the parent and student point of viewAm 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...read more

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Under increasing pressure to raise graduation rates and ensure that students leave high school college- and career-ready, many school and district leaders may believe that, when students graduate with college acceptances in hand, their work is done. But as Benjamin L. Castleman and Lindsay C. Page show, summer can be a time of significant attrition among college-intending seniors—especially those from low-income families. Anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of students presumed to be headed to college fail to matriculate at any postsecondary institution in the fall following high school.Summer Melt explores the complex factors that contribute to this trend—the absence of school support, confusion over paperwork, lack of parental guidance, and the teenage tendency to procrastinate. The authors draw on findings from fields such as neuroscience, behavioral economics, and social psychology to contextualize these factors. Drawing on a series of research studies, they show how schools and districts can develop effective, low-cost, scalable responses—including counselor outreach, peer mentoring, and using text messages and social media—to help students stay on track over the summer.Summer Melt offers very practical guidance for schools and districts committed to helping their students make the transition to college.

Product Description: This text is the required text for the University of Central Oklahoma's Success Central class.

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