What Colleges Don't Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know): 272 Secrets for Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools

Authors: Wissner-Gross, Elizabeth
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: STU009000, STU010000, EDU024000
ISBN: 9781101217993, Related ISBNs: 0452288541, 1101217995, 1594630313, 9780452288546, 9781101217993
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 336,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schools

Targeting the savvy parents of today's college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams.

Did you know?
-A child's guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral.
-A parent can help get a child off a waiting list.
-There is a way for students to back out of Early Decision once they've been accepted.

Based on the controversial insider information Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation's top colleges, this book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.
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