What High Schools Don't Tell You (and Other Parents Don't Want You to Know): Create a Long-Term Plan for Your 7th to 10th Grader for Getting Into the Top Colleges

by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

Overview

From the author of What Colleges Don’t Tell You, a plan to help parents of middle and early high school students prepare their kids for the best colleges

In order to succeed in the fiercely competitive college admissions game, you need a game plan—and you have to start young. In this empowering guide, Elizabeth Wissner- Gross, a nationally sought-after college “packager,” helps parents of seventh to tenth graders create a long-term plan that, come senior year, will allow their kids to virtually write their own ticket into their choice of schools.

Parents should start by helping their kids identify their academic passions, then design a four-year strategy based on those interests. The book details hundreds of opportunities available to make kids stand out that most high school guidance counselors and teachers simply don’t know about or don’t think to share. This indispensable guide should be required reading for any parent whose child dreams of attending one of the country’s top colleges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780452289529
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/24/2008
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	487,173
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Wissner-Gross, trained as a journalist, has for ten years succeeded in helping students, including her own children, gain admission offers to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and other competitive colleges.

Table of Contents

What High Schools Don't Tell You, But This Book Will     xi
The Secret to College Admissions Success? You Have to Have a Game Plan
You Can't Exceed Your Goals If You Don't Have Any: Helping Your Child to Identify His or Her Passions     3
Strategic Summers: The Time to Gain the Advantage for College     21
Designing the Four-Year Academic Plan: What Colleges Mean When They Say They Prefer Kids Who Challenge Themselves to the Fullest     47
Coordinating the Game Plan with Your Child's School: Inviting the Faculty to Join Your Team     76
The Amazing Array: Finding the Best Opportunities for Your Kid
Note to the Reader     85
Mathematics: The Triad-Three Pedigrees for Math Students     87
Science and Engineering, Part I: Raising a Science Olympian     111
Science and Engineering, Part II: Launching Inventors and Explorers on the Research Track     125
The Arts: Spotlighting the Creative Applicant     163
The Humanities: The Scholar Every College Wants     197
Journalism, Media, and Advocacy: Headlining the Front-Page Kid     215
Government: Building a Political Leader from the Ground Up     233
Business: Marketing the Future Mogul     246
A Final Note     257
Four-Year Summer Plans for Forty Different Interests     259
Index     291

Editorial Reviews

Right on target… Shows parents how to help their kids build the groundwork for that Ivy League admission.”—Tom Fischgrund, author of SAT Perfect Score
 
“Takes privileged knowledge and turns it into practical advice. An indispensable guide!”—Janet Soller, director of Governance Affairs and Administration, Publications and Communications, American Psychological Association
 
“Helps level the playing field.”—Richard Rusczyk, founder, the Art of Problem Solving
 
“Chock-full of suggestions and unique educational avenues to help students prepare for the competitive college admissions process.”—Kavin D. Buck, director of Enrollment Management and Outreach, School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA

From the Publisher

Right on target... shows parents how to help their kids build the groundwork for that Ivy League admission. (Tom Fischgrund, author of SAT Perfect Score)

Tom Fischgrund