College costs are rising at twice the rate of inflation-and much of that increase is being financed by parents looting retirement accounts and students burdening themselves with debt loads that will change the course of their financial lives. It doesn't have to be that way. Armed with data, experience, and a stiff dose of rational analysis Zac Bissonnette explains why so much of the "wisdom" about choosing and financing college is not only wrong but dangerous. In this book, he explains:
Why the name on your child's diploma means less for his future than you think it does.
Why student loans are the next great consumer crisis in America-and how to avoid it.
Why the myth of "fit" won't lead your child to a superior college experience.
Why scholarships and financial aid won't alleviate spiraling college costs-and what will.
With a fresh approach to selecting, maximizing, and paying for college, Bissonnette gives parents practical, and often surprising, advice on how to help their kids get a champagne education on a beer budget.
Surefire Strategies for Getting Into the Top MBA Programs
Now with new and expanded information on international MBA programs, comprehensive rankings of the leading schools, and new interviews with admissions officers, How to Get Into the Top MBA Programs provides a complete overview of what the top schools look for. This book features a step-by-step guide to the entire application process with in-depth advice from more than thirty admissions directors. It shows you how to:
Develop your optimal marketing strategy
Assess and upgrade your credentials
Choose the programs that are right for you
Write quality essays for maximum impact
Choose and manage your recommenders
Ace your interviews
Prepare for business school and get the most out of your program once you go.
Inside the Complete Book of Colleges, you’ll find meticulously researched information that will help you narrow the search for the best college for you! Each user-friendly profile answers your questions, including:
How much are tuition and other student fees and costs?
What types of financial aid are available, and when are the applications due?
What do admissions officers most look for? Are some factors, such as recommendations and test scores, more important than others?
Which majors are the most popular and have the highest enrollment?
What is the housing like, and how accessible is technology on campus?
What are the key campus organizations, athletics, and student activities?
For more than thirty-five years, The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges has been the favorite resource of high school students across the country because it is the only comprehensive college reference researched and written by students for students. In interviews with hundreds of peers on campuses from New York to Hawaii and Florida to Alaska, our writers have sought out the inside scoop at every school on everything from the nightlife and professors to the newest dorms and wildest student organizations.
In addition to the in-depth profiles of college life, this 37th edition has been revised and updated to include:
Essential statistics for every school, from acceptance rates to the most popular majors
A “College Finder” to help students zero in on the perfect school
Insider’s packing list detailing what every college student really needs to bring
FYI sections with student opinions and outrageous off-the-cuff advice.
The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges cuts through the piles of brochures to get to the things that matter most to students, and by staying on top of trends and attitudes it delivers the straight talk students and parents need to choose the school that’s the best fit.
What could be more exciting than coming to the end of one’s studies and being assigned the first classroom? We have visions of polite students, an environment of order and harmony, camaraderie and cooperation. And then…reality. Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg’s RECESS IS OVER! No-nonsense Strategies and Tips for Student Teachers and New Teachers serves as much a guide for beginning teachers as a reality check for what awaits us. Combining a personal memoir, learn-by-example, and a don’t-say-I-didn’t-warn-you format, Meinberg’s anecdotes—funny, stirring, and sometimes shocking—clearly convey each lesson to be learned. Whether she writes about how to dress for school (cut-offs and flip-flops are forbidden) or addressing the principal, acceptable behavior in faculty meetings and meeting the parents, and such serious issues as child safety and reporting suspected abuse, she holds nothing back. In this book are the keys to facing the challenges of teaching and making it a joyful experience.
