Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges--and Find Themselves
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143117645 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly The college application process is a time of major anxiety for high school seniors and their parents. In sometimes the most counterintuitive ways, Smith helps them by demonstrating how each has the ability to write good application essays, find their true passion and represent themselves as people colleges will want to accept. Fortunately for all concerned (including administrators, teachers, and private coaches), Marcus, the Pulitzer Prize–winning education writer for U.S. A wonderfully enjoyable antidote to the spate of books focused on the college admissions game of getting in. . In this insider's look at the college application process, Marcus reveals the person
David L. A graduate of Brown University, Marcus was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. He frequently speaks to schools, churches, and community groups about adolescence, education, and college admissions. After a stint as a high school teacher, he returned to journalism as a writer for Newsday. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, the Miami Herald, and The Dallas Morning News, where he was the co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Marcus is the author of What
"Very good" according to Mr. Jones. Overall, a very good book on college admissions. (Oyster Bay HS, North Shore Long Island. Senior Class size: a bit over 100)Strengths: The author embedded himself in the school. The author's focus goes beyond the very top students and includes above-average to average students (compare: Fat Envelope frenzy). The guidance counselor is indeed quite special, and is that rare public school counselor who knows what . "The right perspective for college hunting seniors" according to Bruce Nilo. A moving series of stories focused on the perspective of a very dedicated counselor who understands that finding the right college and discovering yourself is the most important thing to focus on in this extremely stressful time. I think this should be must reading for all college bound high school seniors and their parents.. A Trove of Good Advice An easy to read and informative book for anyone helping a high school student navigate the college application and selection process. The author follows a dedicated and gifted guidance counselor and a handful of his seniors as they learn to hone in on their strengths, be confident and clear in their preferences, reveal who they are in concise essays, and make informed choices as to which college they will ultim
In Acceptance, David L. At a diverse public school in Long Island, New York, Smitty works his unique magic on students' applications and their lives, helping them find the right college by figuring out who they are, rather than focusing on what their test scores, grades, and finances reflect. Loaded with advice that readers can apply to their own college searches, Acceptance is a book that thousands of students and their parents will find indispensable.. Marcus, Pulitzer Prize-winning former education writer for U.S. News & World Report, spins an absorbing narrative of a year in the lives of Smitty and "his" kids. An engrossing profile of an extraordinary guidance counselor who helps kids get into the right colleges through focusing on self- awareness Gwyeth Smith, known as Smitty, is a nationally renowned guidance counselor who believes that getting into college should be a kid's first great moment of self-discovery