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331.702082 BEA Beatty, Kelly, 1969-. Firestarters : 100 job profiles to inspireyoung women. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2006.

Presents profiles of over one hundred women working ininteresting and fulfilling careers, providing inspiration foryoung women, and including information on jobdescriptions, day-to-day responsibilities, education andexperience, and personal advice.

378.1 MAY Maynigo, Traci, 1981-. A girl's guide to college : making themost of the best four years of your life. Boulder, Colo. :Rabbit's Foot Press, c2003.Offers girls advice on how to make the most of theircollege experience, providing tips on everyday things theyneed to know to survive college.

378.1 ROO Rooney, John J. Preparing for college : practical advice for

students and their families. New York : Checkmark Books,c2009.A guide to preparation for college to assist with evaluationof interests, strengths, and goals in order to avoidmistakes when choosing a college, with tips onapplications, essays, and interviews, adjusting to campuslife, and other academic and personal challenges.

R 371.95 BER Berger, Sandra L. College planning for gifted students :choosing and getting into the right college. Waco, TX :Prufrock Press, c2006.Offers advice to gifted students on how to plan for college,discussing the college search and the application process,and including resources for further information.

R 378.1 ACT ACT strategies for super busy students : 15 simple steps (forstudents who don't want to spend their whole livespreparing for the test). 3rd ed. New York : Kaplan, c2010.A guide to preparing for the ACT college entrance exam,presenting fifteen steps designed to help test-takersmaximize their scores with a minimum of study time, andincluding subject reviews, a checklist, essay-writing tips,and a full-length practice exam with explained answers.

R 378.1 BES The best 366 colleges. 2008 ed. New York : Random House,c2007.Presents descriptive profiles of 366 colleges in the U.S.and Canada and presents rankings in sixty-two categories,such as "Toughest to Get Into," "Professors MakeThemselves Accessible," and "Dorms Like Palaces," listingthe top twenty of each.

R 378.1 BUR Burtnett, Frank, 1940-. Bound-for-college guidebook : a step-by-step guide to finding and applying to colleges. Lanham,Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2009.A guide for high school students to help them organizetheir search and application process for college, with



advice on exploration, decision-making, and financial aid,and includes exercises.

R 378.1 CON Confessions of a high school word nerd : increase your SATverbal score while laughing your gluteus* off. 1st ed. NewYork : Penguin Books, 2006.

Confessions of a diligent kisser / Laure de Vulpillieres --Confessions of a rebel trombonist / Chris Heaney --Confessions of a road hazard / Colleen Kinder --Confessionsof a summer camp junkie / Chris Rovzar --Confessions of a vagabond swimmer / Arianne Cohen --Confessions of a runningdisaster / Tom Miller --Confessions of an insane intern / Kara Loewentheil --

Confessions of a ghetto soccer star / Lauren Keane --Confessions of a homeschooler / Timothy Cooper --Confessions of a pigsty prankster / Dave Finney. Offers tenessays about high school that contain vocabulary found onthe verbal portions of the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and SAT.

R 378.1 DUL Dulan, Steven W. McGraw-Hill's ACT. 2009 ed. New York :

McGraw-Hill, c2008.Presents study tools for the ACT, including subjectreviews, test-taking strategies, essay guidance, advicefrom ACT coaches, and five full-length practice tests withexplained answers.

R 378.1 FIS Fiske, Edward B. Fiske real college essays that work. Naperville,Ill. : Sourcebooks, Inc., c2006.Explains how to write an effective college admission essay,

covering openers and closers, narrative, writer's block, anddos and don'ts, and presents 109 successful studentessays, arranged by subject.

R 378.1 KEN Kensler, Chris. SAT strategies for super busy students : 10

simple steps (for students who don't want to spend theirwhole lives preparing for the test). 7th ed. New York :Kaplan Pub., c2010.

A guide to preparing for the SAT college entrance exam,presenting ten steps designed to help test-takersmaximize their scores with a minimum of study time, andincluding subject reviews, essay-writing tips, a checklist,and a full-length practice exam with explained answers.

R 378.1 KRA Kramer, Stephen. The new rules of college admissions : tenformer admissions officers reveal what it takes to get intocollege today. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.Presents advice for parents on helping their child through

the college admissions process, covering such areas aschoosing the right college, developing strategies forstandardized tests, preparing for interviews, understandingfinancial aid, and much more.

R 378.1 LAB Labunski, Richard E. The educated student : getting the mostout of your college years. 1st ed. Versailles, KY : Marleyand Beck Press, c2003.

R 378.1 MAR Martz, Geoff. Cracking the ACT. 2007 ed. New York : Random



House, c2007.Presents ACT study tools including subject reviews, test-taking strategies, essay guidance, two full-length practicetests with explained answers, and access to another full-length practice test online with the option to get thepractice essay graded.

R 378.1 MIL Miller, Robert H. (Robert Harrax). Campus confidential : thecomplete guide to the college experience by students forstudents. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006.An insider's guide to surviving college and making themost of the experience that offers advice on how tochoose the right college, adjust to campus life, pick a

major, and find a job after graduation.

R 378.1 MON Montauk, Richard. How to get into the top colleges. Rev.Prentice Hall Press trade pbk. ed., Completely rev. andupdated. New York : Prentice Hall Press, 2006.A detailed discussion of the college application process,covering what students need to know before they apply,

how to put together an application, steps to take afterreceiving a school's decision, options for students who donot follow the traditional path to college, and financing;includes sample application essays.

R 378.1 ORR Orr, Tamra B. Ace the SAT writing even if you hate to write. LosAltos, CA : SuperCollege, c2006.A comprehensive guide to preparing for the SAT writingexam that contains thirty sample essays with scores and

commentaries, techniques for answering multiple choicequestions, and test-taking strategies.

R 378.1 POR The portable guidance counselor : answers to the 284 mostimportant questions about getting into college. New York :

Random House, c2010.

R 378.1 RUD Ruderman, Danny. The ultimate college acceptance system :everything you need to know to get into the right collegefor you. 1st ed. New York : St. Martins Griffin, 2006.Offers students step-by-step advice and suggestions tohelp them apply and get accepted to the colleges of theirchoice, with tips on selecting colleges, completing theapplication, writing essays, applying for financial aid, andmaking campus visits. Includes a CD-ROM withdownloadable forms, Web site links, and other resources.

R 378.1 RUG Rugg, Frederick E. Rugg's recommendations on the colleges.27th ed. Fallbrook, CA : Rugg's Recommendations, c2010.

Lists selective, very selective, and most selective collegesfor each of thirty-nine recommended undergraduateprograms; suggests colleges for an additional eightymiscellaneous majors; and links colleges and majors toSAT-1 and ACT scores.

R 378.161 ZAW Zawel, Marc. Untangling the Ivy League 2006. Pittsburgh, PA :College Prowler, c2005.Students at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth,



Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale Universities describetheir schools' academics, facilities, on- and off-campushousing, athletics, student organizations, Greek life,nightlife, local atmosphere, weather, and other aspects.

R 378.3 GET Getting financial aid handbook, 2010. 4th ed. New York :

College Board, c2009.Offers advice on how to apply for financial aid, featuresstep-by-step instructions for filling out a simplified FAFSAform, and looks at the financial aid profiles of some threethousand colleges, universities, and technical schools.

R 378.3 STE Stezala, Kimberly. Scholarships 101 : the real-world guide togetting cash for college. New York : AMACOM, c2008.A guide to college scholarships that covers findingappropriate scholarships, the application process, college-prep experiences, information sources, and other relatedtopics.

R 378.73 BIG Big book of colleges. Pittsburgh, PA : College Prowler, c2006.

Presents information and opinions from students on 201colleges and universities in the U.S., covering academics,local atmosphere, dorms, campus dining, athletics, safety,and other aspects, and grades the schools on twentycriteria.

R 378.73 CHO Choosing the right college, 2006 : the whole truth aboutAmerica's top schools. Wilmington, DE : ISI, c2005.

Presents a number of essays that provide information oncurriculum, academic life, campus politics, and professorsat one hundred thirty-four of the nation's top private andpublic colleges and universities.

R 378.73 COL The College Board college handbook, 2009. 46th ed. New York :

College Board, 2008.Profiles 2,100 four-year colleges and universities, and

1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools,providing information on enrollment, major fields of study,admissions requirements, tuition and fees, and studentactivities.

R 378.73 COL College handbook, 2010. 47th ed. New York : College Board,c2009.Profiles over two thousand four-year colleges anduniversities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges andtechnical schools, providing information on enrollment,major fields of study, admissions requirements, tuition andfees, and student activities.

R 378.73 COM Complete book of colleges. 2008 ed. New York : Random House,c2007.Presents a comprehensive guide to 1,821 colleges anduniversities in the U.S. and Canada, with limited entries inthe Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, France, and the UnitedArab Emirates, each with information on academicprograms, admissions requirements, tuition costs,housing, financial aid, athletic programs, and student



services.

R 378.73 POP Pope, Loren. Colleges that change lives : 40 schools you shouldknow about even if you're not a straight-A student. Rev.ed. New York : Penguin, 2000.Profiles forty colleges chosen for their proven ability to

develop potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking in awide range of students.

R 378.76 SCH Schools of the South 2006. Pittsburgh, PA : College Prowler,c2005.Students at Duke, Tulane, James Madison, Georgia

Institute of Technology, and thirty-one other Southerncolleges describe their schools' academics, facilities, on-and off-campus housing, athletics, student organizations,Greek life, nightlife, local atmosphere, weather, and otheraspects.

R 808 KAU Kaufman, Daniel, 1968-. Essays that will get you into college.2nd ed. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2003.

A guide to writing college admissions essays that revealswhat college admissions officials are looking for and offerstips and strategies for planning and writing the perfectessay.

R 808.4 ESS Essay writing for high school students : a step-by-step guide.3rd ed. New York : Kaplan Pub., c2006.Presents a comprehensive guide for high school students

that offers tips on how to write effective essays for Englishclasses, college applications, SAT or ACT exams, andmore, and provides samples.

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