Written within an educational framework, this handbook offers general guidance to help students do a self-assessment and select the top eight colleges that are the strongest fit for them. Establishing readers as anthropologists, students will learn to observe 20 campus cultures, assess each one, and research their options in American higher education. Additionally, it offers several basic assumptions that are contrary to common knowledge about getting into college. Written by a college counselor with decades of experience, this guide offers insight into the college admissions process and allows students to hone in on the schools that are right for them.
WHAT THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS DEANS ARE SAYING
Eight First Choices is the culmination of 25 years of experience from premier college
counselor Joyce Slayton Mitchell. You will learn how to take charge of the admissions process and how to successfully apply to your eight first-choice colleges.
HARVARD “Mitchell offers many great insights into the complexity of the college admissions process.”
—William R. Fitzsimmons
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE “Mitchell’s advice is straight up and free of gimmicks—a rarity found in today’s college admissions resource books.”
—Martha C. Merrill
NORTHWESTERN “Read this book and some of it out loud. Mitchell knows the hearts—and minds—of students and their parents.”
—Sheppard Shanley
CARLETON “Compare the search for college in 21st-century America to a wild, white water rafting ride, then you want this author as your river guide.”
—Paul Thiboutot
SMITH “Eight First Choices makes a scientist out of the high school senior who sets out to collect data until she finds her eight perfect matches.”
—Audrey Y. Smith
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN “This is one of the finest publications about college admissions that has come out in some time.”
—Ted Spencer
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA “This is the only book that puts you, as the college applicant, at the center of the admissions process.”
—Eric J. Kaplan
BRYN MAWR “This is, by far, my first-choice guide to the college admissions process.”
—Jenny Rickard
INDIANA UNIVERSITY “What a terrific resource for students and families! Eight First Choices is a balanced, step-by-step guide to college selection.”
—Mary Ellen Anderson
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH “Give yourself a gift—make full use of this expert’s advice.”
—Betsy Porter
EMORY “She gets it right, and she knows what’s most important in all of this: the students!”
—Scott L. Allen
DUKE “The admissions profession enjoy Mitchell’s valuable insights, sharp opinions, and clear writing as she examines the college selection process.”
—Christoph Guttentag
WESLEYAN “This book brings the advice of one of the great college counselors to many who need it and haven’t typically had the advantage.”
—Nancy Hargrave Meislahn
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