
The College Conversation
A Practical Companion for Parents to Guide Their Children Along the Path to Higher Education
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Narrated by:
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Eric J. Furda
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Jacques Steinberg
From an Ivy League dean and a college admissions expert, a guide to help parents support their children as they navigate their way to college
The College Conversation is a comprehensive resource for mapping the path through the college application process that provides practical advice and reassurance to keep both anxious parents and confused children sane and grounded. Rather than adding to the existing canon of "How to Get In" college guides or rankings, Eric Furda and Jacques Steinberg provide a step-by-step approach to having the tough conversations on this topic with less stress and more success.
The book is organized around key discussions and themes that trace the chronological arc of admissions and financial aid - beginning before the assembly of a list of potential colleges and continuing through the receipt of decisions - with a final section that includes advice on the first year of college. The topics include preliminary conversations about the search, and specifically how parents can think about their children's interests and what kind of college would best suit them; choosing a college (based on its curriculum, culture, and community); writing the most effective essays; assessing acceptances, including considerations of finances and aid; and making the transition from high school to college life.
The College Conversation will provide parents, students, and counselors with the credible, level-headed information often missing in this process, as well as a much-needed dash of perspective borne of experience.
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Critic reviews
"A family new to the process will be glad for the book’s detailed timeline and instructions for essay writing, test taking and applying for financial aid. Recognizing the value of a range of options, the authors discuss the wisdom of starting at a community college, entering the military first, or, if freshman year isn’t working out, transferring from one college to another. Such discussions are rare in books of this kind and thus particularly welcome.” (The Wall Street Journal)
"Thorough [and] instructive.... Furda and Steinberg provide a high level of detail, making this volume useful to parents who haven’t been through the process before as well as to those familiar with it. A helpful guide for parents with children approaching college age." (Library Journal)
"This exceptional guide to your family’s college conversation will help you help your teen develop their own ideas about what they want in college." (Grown and Flown)
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This is a fantastic guide, from two very experienced experts
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The information was also only relevant for average students. My son is a valedictorian and national merit scholar. I found almost no helpful information in this book. It was a waste of time.
For average students not valedictorians.
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