How to Make Colleges Want You: Insider Secrets for Tipping the Admissions Odds in Your Favor
Thursday, 11. March 2010
- ISBN13: 9781402213670
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
- Notes:
Product Description
What if you had colleges coming after you instead of the other way around?
The hidden little secret of college admissions is that most schools are desperate… desperate for great kids who do things differently and will make their campuses vibrant and exciting.
And you don’t have to be an A student, the president of your student body, or the winner of the national spelling bee to do this. Any student can become someone that colleges compete for if you follow the recommendations in this book.
- The Secret of NTAs: Unusual activities that make you stand out
- Breaking the Zone: Take advantage of where you’re from and who you are
- Striking the Nerve: Decode what colleges believe in, then match those values
- Your Application Team: Getting references, teachers, and counselors to boost your odd
And much more
No matter where you are in your high school career, you can start these things today and vastly increase your odds of getting into the competitive college of your choice.
How to Make Colleges Want You: Insider Secrets for Tipping the Admissions Odds in Your Favor
Paul Allen Says:
I was very impressed with Mr. Moyer’s ability to reframe the college admissions process from the institution’s point of view. His ‘behind the scenes’ look really changes the way high school students and their parents should approach the entire process, in a way that confers the power of knowledge to the applicant. Even top students can improve their chances of admission to the most prestigious and competitive universities by following his advice, and all students will increase potential scholarship offerings to the college of their choice. Why wouldn’t you give yourself the best chance possible for such an important decision?
Rating: 5 / 5
Colby Lahue Says:
Mr. Moyer really does a terrific job giving practical and easy advice on steps to improve one’s chances to get into the school of their choice. Too little too late for me but at least my son can take advantage of this.
Rating: 5 / 5
Midwest Book Review Says:
Whether you are a freshman or a senior in high school, this book is an eye-opener for you! Mike Moyer tells you the way to dramatically increase your chances of getting into the college of your choice. In How to Make Colleges Want You, he provides fresh approaches to getting your college application out of the maybe or no stacks, to the yes we want you stack. The book also contains references to Mike’s website: http://www.collegepeas.com where additional information and additions to the chapters are contained.
Mike tells you what he did to get accepted to the college of his choice by describing his unusual activity of raising homing pigeons while in high school. He took a homing pigeon to his first interview with the admissions counselor and sent a message to himself from the counselor! This NTA (non-teenage activity) got him recognized as special.
Getting into a competitive college requires a lot more than grades or regular school activities; it is a question of planning. Moyer makes suggestions to accomplish the goal of getting into a prestigious college with his inside secrets. A few are, attending a community college for a year or two to obtain better grades, transfer in to fill one of the vacancies left by someone who has moved on, and start in mid-year instead of competing with the freshman entry class.
Consider there are 43,000 high schools and an equal number of valedictorians who apply to highly competitive colleges. Their applications are your competition for admission to these colleges and even with good grades, you still are not in their strata. The techniques in this book are designed to raise your chances for admission by 10 to 20 per cent. When you apply Mike’s ideas during your high school years, the odds are even better.
Mike Moyer is unique, as he not only provides this fairly inexpensive blue print for success, he lectures at high schools giving students a great heads-up on obtaining admission to choice schools. He has a highly informative lecture on CD.
Clark Isaacs
Reviewer
Rating: 5 / 5
R. C. Rath Says:
I’m gald I read this book. My daughter is in junior college hoping to move on to a 4 year university. I gave her the book and we are on a plan to increase her chances thanks to Mike’s tactics.
I just wish I read this before my son’s went on to college.
Thanks Mike for a “can do” approach to college admissions.
Rating: 5 / 5
J. Says:
I picked up this book as we prepare to send our two youngest off to college in the next two years. This provides great insights and tips in a quick, easy to read format – must read especially for a high school freshman or sophomore … before all the fun begins!
Rating: 5 / 5