College Planning Handbook

The college admission process should be easy. It should be joyful, exciting, adventurous, manageable and stress-free. Instead, juniors and seniors in high school describe it as difficult, scary, unmanageable, stressful and next to impossible. This book will help. It has everything in one place that a California junior or senior in high school needs to move forward with college admission. Need information about choosing a college? Here you go. Want to know how to pay for college? It's...
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The college admission process should be easy. It should be joyful, exciting, adventurous, manageable and stress-free. Instead, juniors and seniors in high school describe it as difficult, scary, unmanageable, stressful and next to impossible. This book will help. It has everything in one place that a California junior or senior in high school needs to move forward with college admission. Need information about choosing a college? Here you go. Want to know how to pay for college? It's right here. Wondering about applications, deadlines, the difference between Early Decision and Early Action? Wondering how to write a compelling personal essay? This handbook provides the information you need to move successfully from start to finish, and a little bit more. There is a constant parade of changes in the college application and college-choice process. This handbook provides the latest, up-to-date process. It explains the world of college admissions right now. The bulk of this book addresses the California high school junior, but freshman and sophomore students may wish to read the handbook to see what's on the horizon. Juniors (and seniors too!) and their parents/guardians should plunge in! Dogear it. Write in it. Underline. Fold pages. An occasional coffee stain simply means the book is getting good use. If there is a question about college admissions, the answer can be found here. The College Planning Handbook provides not just detailed information, but the how, why, and when it is best to accomplish tasks. Every attempt has been made to tame a myriad of information into a readable and accessible document. I provide tried and true suggestions, along with forms for accomplishing some tasks on the last pages. School and college counselors may want to use the handbook as a textbook for students, breaking down information into manageable bites or tasks to be presented and accomplished over time. Counseling directors or principals may wish to make the handbook available to experienced counselors as well as those new to college counseling.