College-bound students will find everything they need to prepare successful admission essays in this book. Containing 50 real essays students have written to gain admission to top colleges, this guide details the strengths of each essay, the inspiration of the student who wrote it, and what makes it a winner. These examples cover topics including leadership, overcoming difficulties, athletics, public service, special talents, and academic and career goals. A comprehensive writing workshop guides students through selecting topics, developing their stories, editing, and applying finishing touches. To help students avoid costly blunders, 12 unsuccessful essays, 25 essay mistakes to avoid, and tips from admission officers are included.

Accepted! 50 Successful College Admission Essays (Accepted! Series)

Test Preparation

Tanabe, Gen

Tanabe, Kelly

College & High School

Supercollege, Llc

Analyzes the qualifications needed to obtain financial aid scholarships for colleges and universities, using sample interview questions and actual winning essays.

Money-Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews: Insider Strategies from Judges and Winners

Education & Teaching

Tanabe, Kelly Y.

Tanabe, Gen S.

Higher & Continuing Education

Prospective business school students will find everything they need to prepare successful admission essays in this book. Containing 50 real essays students have written to gain admission to top business schools, this guide details the strengths of each essay, the inspiration of the student who wrote it, and what makes it a winner. The essays represent a diverse group of students and include those with traditional consulting and business backgrounds as well as those with nontraditional backgrounds in areas such as public service, the military, and culinary arts. Crucial insights are included from business school admission officers who reveal what they are looking for in applicants, and successful applicants describe what worked for them and the mistakes they made that future applicants should avoid. Also included are strategies for the entire admission process, including how to research the type of students that each school is seeking, ace the interview, and get powerful recommendations.

Accepted! 50 Successful Business School Admission Essays (Accepted! Series)

2 books in 1: Complete scholarship directory and comprehensive strategy guide! 
The secrets, tips, and strategies used by actual students to win millions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships are revealed in this guide for parents and high school, college, and graduate students. Every step of the scholarship process is examined, with advice about finding the right scholarships, crafting applications, writing exceptional essays, and acing interviews. A comprehensive scholarship directory containing more than 400,000 award listings representing more than $1.1 billion in prize money is provided and indexed by categories including career goal, major, geographic area, and academic achievement.

Get Free Cash for College: Scholarship Secrets of Harvard Students

Kelly Y. Tanabe

Schools & Teaching

"With examples of applications, interviews, and 23 college admission essays, this book reveals proven strategies to get into and pay for any college. Based on the experiences of students who were admitted to AmericaÆs most prestigious universities, this updated edition covers the entire admissions and financial aid processes. It addresses questions about what 9th, 10th, and 11th graders can do to prepare for college, how parents can help without hurting, what it takes to ace the SAT and ACT, and where students can find free cash for tuition. Stories of studentsÆ successes and failures reveal how the college admissions and financial aid processes really work, while giving a personal face to what is often seen as an impersonal experience."

Get into Any College: Secrets of Harvard Students

"The secrets, tips, and strategies used by actual students to win millions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships are revealed in this guide for parents and high school, college, and graduate students. Every step of the scholarship process is examined, with advice about finding the right scholarships, crafting applications, writing exceptional essays, and negotiating for more aid. An all-new, comprehensive scholarship directory containing thousands of updated awards worth millions of dollars is included and is indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. "

Get Free Cash for College: Secrets to Winning Scholarships

Reference

Balancing detailed explanations with real-life examples and practical resources, this guide reveals a multitude of ways to finance higher education. Topics include how to find and win scholarships, negotiate with colleges for more financial aid, maximize assistance from state and federal governments, take advantage of educational tax breaks, and benefit from government-subsidized student loans. Also included are creative strategies such as starting profitable dorm-room enterprises, trading tuition costs for volunteer service, and canceling debts with loan repayment programs. This book is designed to aid high school, college, adult, and graduate school students and their parents.

1001 Ways to Pay for College: Practical Strategies to Make College Affordable

Business & Money

Personal Finance

High school students who get average grades and don't ace the SAT or ACT discover that an exceptional college education is by no means beyond their reach with this guide. Along with information on what to look for in a college and what colleges look for in their students besides grades, this college reference provides details on more than 175 colleges that make it a point to help students who have not achieved a stellar GPA and includes information on whether colleges feature extra tutoring, help from professors, and distance-learning programs. Advice on the application process emphasizes the schools that look beyond GPA to the extracurricular activities and community involvement at which many average students excel. Quelling both students' and parents' fears about finding a good education with a less-than-perfect academic record, this guide makes it clear that it is always possible. This updated edition has new data on student life, financial aid and costs, deadlines, and admissions information.

America's Best Colleges for B Students: A College Guide for Students Without Straight A's

Orr, Tamra B.

Information on thousands of scholarships, grants, and prizes is easily accessible in this revised directory with more than 700 new listings that feature awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. Each entry contains all the necessary information for students and parents to complete the application process, including eligibility requirements, how to obtain an application, how to get more information about each award, sponsor website listings, award amounts, and key deadlines. With scholarships for high school, college, graduate, and adult students, this guide also includes tips on how to conduct the most effective search, how to write a winning application, and how to avoid scams.

The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2013: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

The only guidebook of its kind to combine extensive narrative college profiles with detailed data and statistics on each institution, this tome reports on more than 300 colleges and universities, addressing their academics, majors, student life, athletics, student body, distinguished alumni, admissions/financial aid, and postgraduation success. Tips on each college’s admission process and student quotes from a national survey accompany each description to provide an honest and thorough appraisal of each college’s strengths and weaknesses. To guide students by the numbers, this book includes extensive statistics for each school, with figures on the student composition, class sizes, most popular majors, admissions rates, required standardized tests, deadlines, college costs, and financial aid. A must-have, go-to resource for any college-bound student, their parents, or guidance and career counselors, readers will also find a ranking of the 100 best college values.

The Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges 2013

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