A one-stop manual for the college admissions world; essential reading for everybody from high school juniors to military...
A debut guide offers advice about the college admissions process.
The college admissions odyssey in recent years has become so intensely, overwhelmingly competitive that it’s turned into a source of stress for parents as well as aspiring young applicants. There are so many variables, and at times it seems like every one of them is crucial to getting accepted at the first-choice dream school. It’s probably no surprise, then, that a lively discussion exists online, including, of course, on Reddit: the r/ApplyingToCollege subreddit, where young people and their parents ask some of the multitudes of questions they encounter along the way. Caplan has long called herself “AdmissionsMom” on that subreddit, and in this book, she seeks to “smooth those admissions-ruffled feathers and help many of you relax about your college admissions journey.” The author was a teacher for 30 years before opening a private college counseling practice. In these pages, she dispenses advice on such subjects as preparing for college interviews, dealing with admissions-process anxiety, visiting campuses, handling rejection, and living in the limbo of being wait-listed or having your admission deferred. “Colleges want to see who you are and what you have to offer,” Caplan writes, and she delivers clear, detailed tips on how to deal with that process while emphasizing mental health. “Learn more about meditation, mindfulness, or yoga,” she advises. “Get outside and walk or run. Listen to music.” But she’s also tough and realistic, laying out facts about the hypercompetitive world she’s describing. “In the end,” she writes, “there are far more students with fantastic test scores applying to the most highly selective schools than there are spots.” Parents also get plenty of useful counsel, such as this tidbit about financial aid forms: “It’s crucial to turn the CSS Profile and the FAFSA in on time. Please don’t get lazy with that stuff.”
A one-stop manual for the college admissions world; essential reading for everybody from high school juniors to military veterans.Pub Date: Aug. 30, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-73376-411-7
Page Count: 394
Publisher: Admissions Mom, LLC
Review Posted Online: Oct. 1, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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