This book should be required reading for all urban, inner-city, and students attending high school with low college enrollment rates.
A recent report from the Education Trust, "Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation's Premier Public Universities" profiles the inquity in the college enrollment rates of students of color and children living in poverty.
While students from affluent families are finding it increasingly difficult to gain admissions into state universities and elite private colleges, students of color and children living in poverty are finding themselves locked out of college admission opportunities.
All students need to better understand how to fully utilize the 4-year high school experience to make themselves a competitive candidate for admissions.
This book provides an easy-to-follow planning guide:
Students learn how to increase grades, better prepare for standardized tests, the importance of extracurricular activities and community service, how to create powerful essays, and why making a positive contribution to their high school can substantially increase their chances to be accepted at their first-choice college.
Provides worksheets for tracking grades, test scores, awards, and class schedules. Explains the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, and college admissions process with special information for college-bound athletes. Ideal for parents, mentors, students, coaches, and couselors. Mentoring organizations, churches, after-school programs, and social services agencies will benefit from helping students to develop a long-term focus and short-term goals.
A recent report from the Education Trust, "Engines of Inequality: Diminishing Equity in the Nation's Premier Public Universities" profiles the inquity in the college enrollment rates of students of color and children living in poverty.
While students from affluent families are finding it increasingly difficult to gain admissions into state universities and elite private colleges, students of color and children living in poverty are finding themselves locked out of college admission opportunities.
All students need to better understand how to fully utilize the 4-year high school experience to make themselves a competitive candidate for admissions.
This book provides an easy-to-follow planning guide:
Students learn how to increase grades, better prepare for standardized tests, the importance of extracurricular activities and community service, how to create powerful essays, and why making a positive contribution to their high school can substantially increase their chances to be accepted at their first-choice college.
Provides worksheets for tracking grades, test scores, awards, and class schedules. Explains the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, ACT, and college admissions process with special information for college-bound athletes. Ideal for parents, mentors, students, coaches, and couselors. Mentoring organizations, churches, after-school programs, and social services agencies will benefit from helping students to develop a long-term focus and short-term goals.
