College Admissions


Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania
Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College
The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make
The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
Admission
Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges—and Find Themselves
Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You
This Is Not a Personal Statement
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us
The College Conversation: A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education
The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
Small Admissions by Amy PoeppelAdmission by Julie BuxbaumWe Regret to Inform You by Ariel KaplanAdmission by Jean Hanff Korelitz500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario
College Admissions in Fiction
29 books — 6 voters
Get Real and Get In by Aviva LegattWho We Met on the Way to Stanford by Richard  Phillip SinayThe Essential College Admissions Handbook by Shari Kramer; Lisa GussRugg's Recommendations on the Colleges, 26th Edition by Frederick E. RuggThe Stressed Years of Their Lives by B. Janet Hibbs
College Admissions Books
44 books — 22 voters

Kiran Mathew
“ Crying over a rejection I couldn't change wouldn't necessarily get me to where I wanted to go, but it sure felt good. ...more ”
― Kiran Mathew

Jill Madenberg
“ In almost 25 years of experience as a high school guidance counselor, a regional college representative, and a private college counselor, I have noted the kinds of things that make the college process productive, successful, and enjoyable. I have worked with so many students who have blossomed in part due to their college search and application process. It can be a period of maturation and of self-exploration, with an honest assessment of skills and interests, development of task organization an ...more ”
― Jill Madenberg, Love the Journey to College: Guidance from an Admissions Consultant and Her Daughter

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