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Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves, David L. Marcus
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- Summary
- A journalist documents his year with an unconventional high school guidance counselor, describing the latter's methods for reshaping attitudes about standardized tests, pairing students with the right colleges, and making the most of financial aid systems
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxvi, 244 p.
- Contents
-
- One more year
- Yale loves me, Yale loves me not
- The first day of the rest of your life
- Who am I?
- BWRK
- "When everybody is special, nobody is special"
- "You're lost before you've started"
- Playing school
- The admissions industrial complex
- "Is donating blood an extracurricular?"
- Regular kids from the suburbs
- Parenting the parents
- Strategizing
- The GPA game
- "We're looking for the X Factor"
- Essay therapy
- "My whole life is in that folder"
- Accepted
- Shopping for Riana
- "I'm kicking it up"
- "Columbia didn't reject me, I rejected Columbia"
- Kerplunking
- "She would have been a slam dunk"
- Apped-out
- It takes a village to write an essay
- The $250,000 question
- "It's all about growing up"
- The month of indecision
- "It's about the kids"
- College student. --
- Isbn
- 9781594202148
- Label
- Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves
- Title
- Acceptance
- Title remainder
- a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves
- Statement of responsibility
- David L. Marcus
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A journalist documents his year with an unconventional high school guidance counselor, describing the latter's methods for reshaping attitudes about standardized tests, pairing students with the right colleges, and making the most of financial aid systems
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Marcus, Dave
- Dewey number
- 378.1/610973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- LB2350.5
- LC item number
- .M34 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- College choice
- Educational counseling
- Smith, Gwyeth
- Student counselors
- Label
- Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves, David L. Marcus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- One more year -- Yale loves me, Yale loves me not -- The first day of the rest of your life -- Who am I? -- BWRK -- "When everybody is special, nobody is special" -- "You're lost before you've started" -- Playing school -- The admissions industrial complex -- "Is donating blood an extracurricular?" -- Regular kids from the suburbs -- Parenting the parents -- Strategizing -- The GPA game -- "We're looking for the X Factor" -- Essay therapy -- "My whole life is in that folder" -- Accepted -- Shopping for Riana -- "I'm kicking it up" -- "Columbia didn't reject me, I rejected Columbia" -- Kerplunking -- "She would have been a slam dunk" -- Apped-out -- It takes a village to write an essay -- The $250,000 question -- "It's all about growing up" -- The month of indecision -- "It's about the kids" -- College student. --
- Control code
- ocn314378167
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 244 p.
- Isbn
- 9781594202148
- Lccn
- 2009008328
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)314378167
- a924773
- Label
- Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves, David L. Marcus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- One more year -- Yale loves me, Yale loves me not -- The first day of the rest of your life -- Who am I? -- BWRK -- "When everybody is special, nobody is special" -- "You're lost before you've started" -- Playing school -- The admissions industrial complex -- "Is donating blood an extracurricular?" -- Regular kids from the suburbs -- Parenting the parents -- Strategizing -- The GPA game -- "We're looking for the X Factor" -- Essay therapy -- "My whole life is in that folder" -- Accepted -- Shopping for Riana -- "I'm kicking it up" -- "Columbia didn't reject me, I rejected Columbia" -- Kerplunking -- "She would have been a slam dunk" -- Apped-out -- It takes a village to write an essay -- The $250,000 question -- "It's all about growing up" -- The month of indecision -- "It's about the kids" -- College student. --
- Control code
- ocn314378167
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 244 p.
- Isbn
- 9781594202148
- Lccn
- 2009008328
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)314378167
- a924773
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