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The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynn O'shaughnessy
Publisher: FT Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 36015
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0132365707
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.73
EAN: 9780132365703
ASIN: 0132365707
Publication Date: June 16, 2008
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A must-have for every parent with a (hopefully) college-bound kid August 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a mother of a HS junior who attends a local school in France, I have to take a more active role with the US college search since his school has no guidance counselor and there are no college road shows in the vicinity. I find myself reliant on word of mouth and written sources : guidebooks, blogs ,, newspaper articles, books /websites & advice and have invested the better part of son's junior year compiling information for the college search.
I ordered this book after reading a reference on a college admissions blog. I finished it during a train ride - and found it so riveting that I missed my stop.
Based on the title, I had expected to find just tips for affording college education but was pleasantly surprised by the author's insistence on quality -how to get your money's worth. So often the writers authoring these books report from the hallowed halls of academia. This author is a parent - and bases her experience as a mother of a college freshman while wearing her financial reporter thinking cap. How many college admission books are written from this point of view?
One innovation is that the book reverses the criteria for the college search by starting with match schools , not reach, where the student has more chance of obtaining scholarship money. The bottom up approach also instructs on how to find the best fit academically with several chapters on grading academic departments and discussions on professor ratings. Not stopping with the college admissions process, she addresses another under looked category - undergraduate research. And thanks to the author's chapter on freebies & best buys, I have added another school to the list.
The book closes with a list of informational websites, helpful cheat sheets and timelines in the appendix.
The author has packed an enormous amount of information here but has addressed the most salient points in a practical college admissions and quality education search. I could have saved a considerable amount of time and money had I read this book first and feel more empowered now for the final year of the search.
A must read for teen-age parents of collegebound students! August 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a college counselor at a large, racially diverse, urban high school. I am going to recommend "The College Solution" to my student's parents beginning at Freshman orientation. There is so much useful information contained within the book's pages,of which most lay people are not aware. It is also time to look away from US News and World Report rankings. There are many other ways to search for colleges, and Ms. Lynn Shaughnessy points out many!! There is also great advice, and strategies for maximizing financial aid.
Kudos to you , Ms. Shaughnessy for condensing everything a parent needs to know between two bookcovers.
Sharon Drell
College Counselor
Cleveland HS
Reseda. CA 91335
The College Solution August 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a most helpful guide. As we make college videos, I was particularly interested in what you had to say in chapter 36, Visiting Campuses. You made two excellent points: one is usually wrong in newspaper articles and the other is almost never mentioned. First, I hate being told that summer is a great time to visit the colleges. Yes, the students may be off from school, but small colleges are deserted and even the large state universities have only limited students on campus. The campus itself, however, will look better than at any time during the academic year.
Very important too is the need to have the college build a file on the student. The best way is to visit the college itself. It shows real interest. Admissions counselors say that all things being equal, a "stealth" candidate (one where the college first learns about your interest when the application arrives) has a lower chance of acceptance than one who has shown previous contact with the college. You are a realist in saying that because of financial and time consideration, an actual visit may not be possible, and you urge your readers to show their early interest "through a request for literature, a call to the financial aid office, or a conversation during a college fair." That advice alone could justify the cost of the book.
A real solution for the college bound July 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a college counselor, I really appreciate the concise, no-nonsense information contained in The College Solution. Ms. O'Shaughnessy's practical advice will let you breathe a bit easier as you work your way through the process. I originally picked up the book to use as a resource for the financial info, read it straight through in a day and have anointed it the single most useful book I have read on college admissions in general. I highly recommend it to other counselors, as well as students and their families.
A Truly Informative Book July 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The College Solution is an amazing book that will save my family tens of thousands of dollars in college costs. I haven't found any other book that provides so many winning strategies to help find wonderful schools at discounted prices. Until I read The College Solution, I didn't understand that colleges are pricing their bachelor degrees like airline tickets. Only the uninformed need to pay full fare. After finishing the book, I'm not nearly as anxious about finding and paying for college for my son, who is a high school junior.
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