College Book Collection
 
Check out our current collection to find the book your need for your future!
 
The best 386 colleges : In-depth Profiles & Ranking Lists to Help Find the Right College for You
by Robert Franek

Newly revised and updated, a comprehensive guide for students and parents navigating the admissions process provides essential facts about the best schools in America as well as reviews and rankings based on responses from 139,000 college students.
 
 This book is also available as an E-Book.
Best Colleges 2020 : Find the Right Colleges for You!
by U. S. News and World Report

The 2020 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges guidebook will offer comprehensive advice for high school students and their families regarding how to find the most suitable colleges, to navigate the application process, and to pay for a college education.
Best Colleges 2021 : Find the Right Colleges for You!
by Anne McGrath

You aren't what you think! For teens with negative thinking habits, a licensed psychologist and a health journalist offer cognitive restructuring-a simple and effective cognitive behavioral approach to help you break free from the nine most common negative thinking habits that typically result in feeling sad, worried, angry, and stressed. This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel.
College admission essentials : a step-by-step guide to showing colleges who you are and what matters to you
by Ethan Sawyer

What if you could take control of the admissions process, as you apply for your dream school, and do it in a way that's both effective and empowering? From filling out your extracurriculars to interviewing with admissions staff, it comes down to two questions: What matters most to you? How does it manifest in your life? The answers to these questions will fuel every aspect of your college admissions experience, and Ethan Sawyer (the College Essay Guy), along with advice from dozens of top admissions experts, will help you stand out against the toughest competition
College essay essentials : a step-by-step guide to writing a successful college admission essay
by Ethan Sawyer

Let the College Essay Guy take the stress out of writing your college admission essay. Packed with brainstorming activities, college personal statement samples and more, this book provides a clear, stress-free roadmap to writing your best admission essay. Writing a college admission essay doesn't have to be stressful.
College Scholarships 2020: The 5-Step Process & 10 Top Places To Find Billions In Scholarships
by Phil Johncock

One of the biggest problems that you face when you want to go to college is the choice "to get" or "not to get" a student loan to pay for your education. In College Scholarships 2020, you will discover 8 reasons why you don't want to fall prey to the student loan debt trap. Instead, in 5 simple, yet powerful steps, College Scholarships 2020 shows you exactly what you need to do to get all the scholarship money you need to cover your college expenses in 2020-21.
The complete book of colleges : The Mega-guide to 1,349 Colleges and Universities
by Princeton Review

This ultimate guide to 1,366 colleges and universities provides students with meticulously research information that will help them narrow down their college search. 
Complete guide to college application essays : Essential Tips for Making Your Writing Stand Out
by Princeton Review

This user-friendly guide gives struggling students the step-by-step writing help they need to perfect the writing on their college applications, from the all-important personal essays to the supplemental material like short answer questions and resumes.
The enlightened college applicant : a new approach to the search and admissions process
by Andrew Belasco

Deluged with messages that range from “It’s Ivy League or bust” to “It doesn’t matter where you go,” college applicants and their families often find themselves lost, adrift in a sea of information overload. The Enlightened College Applicant presents a no-nonsense account of how students should approach the college search and admissions process.
 
This book is also available as an E-Book.
Fiske countdown to college : 41 to-do lists and a plan for every year of high school
by Edward B Fiske

Outlines an accessible approach to the college prep and admissions process, covering everything from taking the SAT to applying to colleges, in a guide that also offers parent and student lists of what and what not to do.
 
 
 
This book is also available as an E-Book.
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2021
by Edward B. Fiske

A best-selling guide to college provides exclusive ratings and up-to-date profiles for more than 320 top-selected colleges and universities, incorporating into the latest edition coverage pertaining to school diversity and sexual assault records. 
 
 
 This book is also available as an E-Book.
The hidden ivies : 63 of America's top liberal arts colleges and universities
by Howard Greene

Provides information on sixty-three colleges that are of comparable quality to Ivy League schools, covering admissions criteria, costs, curriculum, special programs of study, and student perspectives
The K & W guide to colleges for students with learning differences : 338 Schools With Programs or Services for Students With ADHD, Asd, or Learning Differences
by Marybeth Kravets

Find the Right School for Your Specific Needs. Hundreds of thousands of students with learning disabilities head to college every year. This comprehensive guide makes it easy for those students and their families to tackle the daunting process of finding the school that fits their needs best.
Paying for college
by Kalman A Chany

Financing a college education is a daunting task no matter what your circumstances. With line-by-line instructions for filling out the FAFSA and consumer-friendly advice to minimize college costs, Paying for College helps you take control of your experience.
Peterson's four-year colleges 2021
by Peterson's

A latest edition of the top-selling reference for prospective undergraduate students provides detailed, two-page school descriptions on academic requirements, campus settings and costs as written by admissions personnel for more than 2,500 institutions, including 100 colleges and universities. Original.
Peterson's Two-Year Colleges 2021
by Peterson's

Offering profiles of more than 1,700 accredited two-year undergraduate institutions in the United States and Canada, a latest reference for college-bound students includes coverage of subjects ranging from tuition costs and student-faculty ratios to applications processes and “green” programs. 
Peterson's scholarships, grants & prizes 2020
by Peterson's

A guide to privately funded scholarships is jam-packed with millions of awards worth billions of dollars and includes complete eligibility requirements and application deadlines, tips on how to avoid scholarship scams and online searching strategies.
The Princeton Review The Best Value Colleges : 75 Schools That Give You the Most for Your Money
by Robert Franek

College is a major financial investment ... and one that too many students enter into blindly. The Princeton Review eases that uncertainty with this guide to colleges and universities where students get the best return on their tuition investment. These 75 schools—plus an expanded list with 125 more online—offer generous financial aid, excellent academics, and valuable career-building experiences for a successful post-college outcome.
The Princeton Review Paying for College 2021 : Everything You Need to Maximize Financial Aid and Afford College
by Kalman A. Chany

Take control of your financial aid experience with this essential guide—the only annual guidebook with line-by-line instructions for completing the FAFSA aid forms!
Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2021
by Peterson's

Provides the most current information on more than 1.6 million privately funded awards worth over 10 billion dollars available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other categories that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations.
The truth about college admission : a family guide to getting in and staying together
by Brennan E Barnard
 
Is your family just starting to think about visiting colleges? Maybe you are in the throes of the experience, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Did we miss a deadline? Should we be looking in-state or out-of-state, big school or small school? And what is a "FAFSA" anyway? The Truth about College Admission is the easy-to-follow, comprehensive, go-to guide for families. 
The ultimate guide to America's best colleges 2021 : detailed profiles on academics, student life, campus vibe, athletics, admissions, scholarships, and financial aid
by Gen S. Tanabe

Presents a comprehensive directory of available college scholarships, along with advice on where to find the best scholarships, how to write a winning essay, compile a resume, get a recommendation, and succeed in an interview.
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2021 : Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes
by Gen Tanabe

A top-selling annual directory of scholarships, grants and prizes that can be used at any college shares strategic information about effective searches, eligibility requirements, the secrets to a winning application and the best ways to avoid scams. 
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