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| America's Best Colleges for B Students: A College Guide for Students Without Straight A's |  | Author: Tamra B. Orr
Creators: Gen Tanabe, Kelly Tanabe
Publisher: Supercollege, Llc
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Third edition
Pages: 624
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Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.2 x 1.9
ISBN: 193266243X
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.73
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Publication Date: May 1, 2010
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High school students who get average grades and don't ace the SAT or ACT discover that an exceptional college education is by no means beyond their reach with this guide. Along with information on what to look for in a college and what colleges look for in their students besides grades, this college reference provides details on more than 150 colleges that make it a point to help students who have not achieved a stellar GPA and includes information on whether colleges feature extra tutoring, help from professors, and distance-learning programs. Advice on the application process emphasizes the schools that look beyond GPA to the extracurricular activities and community involvement at which many average students excel. Quelling both students' and parents' fears about finding a good education with a less-than-perfect academic record, this guide makes it clear that it is always possible.
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 Solid information on college options August 25, 2008
Kathy Lewis (San Francisco, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm writing about the newest edition of this book, not the old one that others seemed to have reviewed. I found this book to be very helpful, especially with the feedback from admission officers and students. It gives you the confidence you need to apply to a college even if you aren't a straight-A student, and it gives you insight into what the admission officers really want. Most importantly, you will probably learn a thing or two about a college you might not have heard of before or considered.
An excellent addition to your college search June 29, 2010
S. Lee (OREGON United States)
When searching for "the best" college fit, getting information from several sources can be very helpful. This book, "America's Best Colleges for B Students," is an excellent addition for anyone gathering college information. The book offers a huge list of colleges and their individual profiles--a good place to begin in comparing what each of them has to offer. Many young adults do not have enough support or resources making the college search overwhelming. Solid step-by-step advice on finding support and resources are given throughout the first part of the book. The author also gives encouraging words and tips that are particularly helpful and essential to getting the college process started and moving forward. Anyone can look up college information online or get a list of colleges in a book. This book offers much more!
 America's Best Colleges for B Students October 5, 2009
Gretchen R. Gavette
Book satisfied what we were looking for. Extremely satisfied with the EXCELLENT condition considering how very little it cost.
Okay, but there are better guides April 4, 2007
Darshan (Houston, TX USA)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I feel that this guide might be misnamed. B students at strong schools where most of the students are college-bound probably could go to "more reputable" schools than the ones listed here. Not that reputation is important in itself, but one thing that's usually true is that a school that is hard to get into will (usually) have students who have better study habits, and your child's peers have a lot more influence over how seriously he or she takes his/her education than pretty much anything. For the most part, I think a B-minus or C student could have more luck with this guide than a solid B student.
However, there is a better guide for the "mid-range" student called Finding The College That's Right For You by John Palladino. (Again, probably most appropriate for students with an average lower than a strong B to C+ or C) It's much, much more thorough than this title and defends its reasons for choosing the colleges it recommends very well. This book (Tamara Orr's) is very spotty when it comes to discussing the individual schools. Some of the entries (such as Auburn's) are informative while others are too short and unhelpful.
I think Orr's book can be useful. For students who are not secure about their chances of getting into college at all, who are scared they'll fail out of college, or who just don't want to go, this book offers some confidence boosting advice in the front section. Also, while this book includes a few schools that are well-established as great choices for students who need nurturing as well as good enough for A students(such as Eckerd, Goucher, Agnes Scott, Guilford), most of the schools are ones that aren't listed in the other guides. Therefore, it can be a supplement to Finding The College That's Right For You or Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope.
A Good Introduction for the Worried Student July 2, 2010
Taliesin (Oregon)
If you have a child who is worried about getting into college due to poor grades then this is a good book to start with. It is an easy read written to the student and reads a bit like a pep talk of "You Can Do It!". I especially like how the author poses question after question to really get the student thinking about what type of college will be the best match for them and emphasizes that it is never too late to improve your grades or learn a skill needed to get into college (ie. how to write the essays). I sure wish someone had asked me these questions and told me what to expect as I was making my college choices! I am very glad that the impact of learning disabilities is at least brought up in this book and that supportive services are listed for each school since LDs are often a cause for not being a straight A student. The biggest downside to this book is that it is full of ideas but does not include specific information for implementing many of those ideas. I really wish the chapter on scholarships for B students had been more indepth. I read the latest edition (3rd) and it is a book to start with as you begin your journey to choosing a college.
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