What You Don’t Know Can Keep You Out of College: A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character Is the Key to College Admissions
Tuesday, 16. March 2010
- ISBN13: 9781592403028
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In the tradition of The Gatekeepers, a veteran counselor provides the missing key to the college admissions door with insider wisdom about how admissions committees think, and the thirteen fatal mistakes that can ruin an application.
When Don Dunbar was a college counselor for Phillips Academy, Andover, in the 1980s, he got to sit in on the meetings where the nation’s top colleges decided whether to admit his students. Prep school counselors no longer get this kind of astonishing access, but in those meetings, Don discovered a little-known key to college admissions that still holds true today. Many applicants look alike, based on their grades, test scores, and extracurriculars, so colleges want something more: They want applicants with character.
Most of us know what character means, but not in the way that admissions officers define it. Admissions officers have tremendous integrity, and to them, character equals what a student will contribute to his or her community, good or bad, over the next four years. Don explains the concept of character in terms that high school students can understand, using examples from his thirty years of working with kids. He shows readers how to avoid the thirteen fatal character mistakes that even the brightest students make when applying to college and democratizes the admissions process, making his advice available to all students.
V. Schneider Says:
I attended a talk by Mr Dunbar the other night. He was knowledgable, interesting and helped explain alot of what goes on behind the closed door in the college admissions office. I am anxious to read his book and learn more as we navigate the college admissions process.
Rating: 5 / 5
Jimmy Solis Says:
it is a good book especially if you are a talented student and you need little advices
Rating: 5 / 5
TN Med Student Says:
I used this book for my Medical School application, and even though this book is mainly for Undergraduate College preparation, I could still learn a lot about what really the admission committee looking for in a candidate.
It helps you with your essay writing, all the way to the interview preparation.
For me it was useful for my interview preparation, I got accepted!
Rating: 5 / 5
John L. Tate Says:
Mr Dunbar’s book is an invaluable tool in the process of choosing the right college and preparing your prospective student for putting thier best foot forward.My son has recently gone through 3 college interviews and Mr.Dunbar’s book could not have been more correct on exactly how the interviews were conducted.This book is a must have for any college search.
Rating: 5 / 5
Bob White Says:
Obviously Dunbar knows his subject; but I think this book focused to much on on the college interview at a time when fewer and fewer colleges are offering interviews. I like the “What Colleges Won’t Tell You” books better.
Rating: 3 / 5