The College Advising Handbook for Parents and Administrators

This book should be your college guidance counselor.

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What can you do (or avoid doing) as you help your juniors or seniors prepare for college admissions? All too often, trying to help students prepare for, select, and be accepted into the right college or university feels a bit like a roll of the dice ... plain old luck. Instead, allow The College Advising Handbook to assist you in getting a handle on the process.

This short handbook covers the following subjects: helping your college-bound kid, deciding on a college, preparing for a college in 11th and 12th grade, deadline checklist for juniors and seniors, researching colleges, what colleges actually want, checklists for visiting and interviewing colleges, early decision programs, preparation for standardized testing, writing and submitting your college applications, financial aid and scholarships, and much more! Updated in March 2016.

What People Are Saying:

"As a guidance counselor, Stephenson has compiled all the important aspects of my job into this neat, little, handbook. Careful or he will have all guidance counselors out of their jobs ... not that that would be so devastating." -Emily