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| Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind |  | Author: Risa Lewak
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 158008060X
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.161
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Publication Date: July 13, 2010
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Product Description
The college admissions process is:
A) Similar to gallbladder surgery without anesthesia
B) Worse than watching American Idol auditions without earplugs
C) Soul-destroying, ego-crushing, and life-sucking
D) Actually kind of funny when you think about it
E) All of the above
There’s no denying it: Applying to college is a grueling journey just shy of cruel and unusual punishment. But that doesn’t mean you can’t laugh along the way. If college is on your horizon, Don’t Stalk the Admissions Officer shows you how to ace the tricky application process—while maintaining your sense of humor and sanity. Former pre-admissions counselor Risa Lewak empowers you to craft a killer essay, choose between the SAT and ACT, score stellar recommendations, nail the interview, handle overly involved parents, and more. You’ll also learn how to navigate crucial post-application issues, like financial aid, rejection, and deciding whether to take a year off. Packed with insider tips, helpful suggestions, and laugh-out-loud anecdotes, this savvy handbook gives you the know-how and confidence to conquer this stressful rite of passage . . . and minimize nervous breakdowns.
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Stalk this book! August 8, 2010
Seth D. Bykofsky
[The following review has been excerpted from The College Whisperer, [...]]
The advice offered Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind, while tongue in cheek (and sometimes, in your belly button) is right on, sprinkled with truisms ("the only voice that's important in the college decision-making is your own") and poignantly stating the obvious (to wit, that the college admissions process, with all of its attendant insanities and inanities, is absurd).
This is comic relief (think Robin Williams and Billy Crystal as your college tour guides) at its very best, at a time when you -- students and parents alike -- need it most. Both website and book are gems amidst the coal in the college admissions deep, dark mine. [Gee, I hope The College Whisperer gets quoted on the book's jacket. Do books still have jackets? Uh, not paperbacks. Sorry.]
Perhaps the best advice offered is that which The College Whisperer has been giving to students, parents, and his own daughters all along: Relax. You'll get into college. Maybe not your first choice, or even your second, but a great college, nonetheless. You will survive this tedious and sometimes sophomoric process, to find yourself stronger (if not a bit lighter in the wallet), bound for four spectacular years that you will remember fondly for the rest of your lives.
So, have fun with the admissions process (even stalk your guidance counselor. Heck, you'll never see him again, anyway! j/k). Okay, don't complete the Common App in crayon (is such a thing possible?), but as Risa Lewak so aptly concludes, "laugh at the absurdity of college admissions."
As loathe as The College Whisperer is to encourage college-bound students to buy those college-bound books (especially the ones that say they will tell you how to go to college without going broke, while themselves sucking every last dollar out of your wallet), Risa Lewak's "Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer" is a keeper!
Very helpful for high school students August 9, 2010
mechevarriarosado
I work with students of all ages, and picked up this book so I could learn more about helping them "survive" the college admissions process. Using humor and straight-to-the-point sisterly-like advice, Risa Lewak's book makes all high school students feel special. By mixing humor in with helpful quizzes, sample essays and advice from teens and educators all over the U.S., Risa put together one helpful college guide that reassures students no matter where they end up, they're special, worthy, and not definied by where they went to college. The chapter that stuck out to me the most was the one about how making a decision about college is one of the first 'steps' in becoming an adult. This book should be available for students to read at high schools all over the U.S. It's not dry and monotonous like other college books out there...Risa talks TO the students, not down to them, in a passionate voice that makes the young readers truly feel like she truly 'gets' them...she's BEEN in their shoes before, and it's evident. Thumbs up.
Hilarious August 13, 2010
Richard
Whether you're planning to go to college or have been out for 20 years, you will love this book. This book will take you through the whole process on a funny and entertaining ride. Those of us who have been out of school for decades will appreciate what students go through today. The author knows that you need to laugh in order to survive being an admissions officer.
Guidance + entertainment = A+! August 13, 2010
I. Levy (washington dc)
This book is a great choice for students, parents, and anyone interested in--or stressed out over--the college admissions process. The author offers helpful information and guidance, interlaced with witty humor and very funny anecdotes, to help ease the stress from the admissions process. I highly recommend it.Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind
Finally a College Guide with Humor! August 19, 2010
Johnny Lee
I stumbled upon this book in Borders and couldn't put it down. It was absolutely hilarious, and I only wish it had been available when I was applying to college a decade ago. Not only does it provide extremely relevant tips for high school students of all ages, it also provides some levity to an area that is in dire need of it. I work with adolescents and will be recommending that they check it out.
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