Offers parents advice on helping their college-bound children choose schools that match aptitude and interests, use the Internet to research schools, finance education, and cope with campus life.

For Parents Only From Homeroom to Dorm Room

Parenting & Relationships

Shanley, Mary Kay

Johnston, Julia

Reference

Barrons Educational Series. Inc.

College students will welcome this book's light, conversational approach and its need-to-know advice that could spell the difference between success and failure in their academic and social lives. The authors have integrated practical input from currently enrolled college students across the country in their discussion of virtually every facet of college life. Incoming freshmen, for whom the college experience is entirely new, will find this book required reading--but sophomores, juniors, and seniors will also find good advice about study abroad, money management, choosing a major, and more. For starters, incoming freshmen should know what to bring with them from home and--just as important-- what not to bring. Confusion often runs amok during that first semester, whether on a nearby or a far-from-home campus, and for some students, the situation is further complicated by bouts of homesickness. Here are commonsense tips, lists, and stories for dealing with that problem, as well as advice on coping with troublesome roommates, balancing study, work, and play hours, maintaining a healthful diet, hooking up and hanging out, avoiding excessive alcohol, shunning all contact with illicit drugs, finding the best professors, and handling heavy course loads. Every chapter in this book rings with authenticity and includes direct quotations from students who have already been there, done that, and have come through with flying colors. This must-read title is enhanced with amusing cartoon-style line art.

Survival Secrets of College Students

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Barrons Educational Series

This book has one purpose - to bring into focus for the reader something more than chronology can reveal of a character. The thoughts of Mary Baker Eddy are the substance of her life story. They ripened into action, led to discovery, and garnered spiritual treasure for the world. Not merely a woman of New England, nor of her century, Mrs. Eddy's history is found in her inspired published convictions and their continuing sequence of healing and redemption for humanity.

Mary Baker Eddy: Her Mission & Triumph

The Christian Science Publishing Society

Many parents found this book’s previous edition perfect for giving to their college-bound sons and daughters. They recognized it as a reliable source of solid advice, served up in an easy-to-read style. The new second edition has been updated and expanded with more advice and information than ever. One of the authors’ most important nuggets of advice is, “Don’t think of college as a party place away from home; think of it as the place where you get ready for the rest of your life.” They go on to advise students on how to: 
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<li> Cope with that less-than-perfect roommate </li>
<li> Balance time between study, work, and leisure </li>
<li> Deal with homesickness and make new friends </li>
<li> Beat test deadlines and study smart </li>
<li> Handle heavy course loads </li>
<li> Avoid alcohol and drug culture pitfalls </li>
</ul>
 Every chapter in this book rings with authenticity, and includes quotations from students who have been there, done that, and have come through with flying colors. Enhanced with cartoon-style line art.

Education & Teaching

Barron's Educational Series

Higher & Continuing Education

Barrons Educational Services

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