Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges--and Find Themselves
| AUTHOR | Marcus, David L. |
| PUBLISHER | Penguin Books (06/29/2010) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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An engrossing profile of an extraordinary guidance counselor who helps kids get into the right colleges through focusing on self- awareness Gwyeth Smith, known as Smitty, is a nationally renowned guidance counselor who believes that getting into college should be a kid's first great moment of self-discovery. In Acceptance, David L. Marcus, Pulitzer Prize-winning former education writer for U.S. News & World Report, spins an absorbing narrative of a year in the lives of Smitty and "his" kids. At a diverse public school in Long Island, New York, Smitty works his unique magic on students' applications and their lives, helping them find the right college by figuring out who they are, rather than focusing on what their test scores, grades, and finances reflect. Loaded with advice that readers can apply to their own college searches, Acceptance is a book that thousands of students and their parents will find indispensable.
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ISBN-13:
9780143117643
ISBN-10:
0143117645
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
272
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
5.40 x 0.80 x 8.30 inches
Weight:
0.65 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Price on Product - Canadian,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Ikids
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Education | Counseling - Academic Development
Education | Schools - Levels - Secondary
Education | Schools - Levels - Higher
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
378.161
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An engrossing profile of an extraordinary guidance counselor who helps kids get into the right colleges through focusing on self- awareness Gwyeth Smith, known as Smitty, is a nationally renowned guidance counselor who believes that getting into college should be a kid's first great moment of self-discovery. In Acceptance, David L. Marcus, Pulitzer Prize-winning former education writer for U.S. News & World Report, spins an absorbing narrative of a year in the lives of Smitty and "his" kids. At a diverse public school in Long Island, New York, Smitty works his unique magic on students' applications and their lives, helping them find the right college by figuring out who they are, rather than focusing on what their test scores, grades, and finances reflect. Loaded with advice that readers can apply to their own college searches, Acceptance is a book that thousands of students and their parents will find indispensable.
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Author:
Marcus, David L.
David L. Marcus has been an education writer and foreign
correspondent at U.S. News & World Report, the Boston Globe,
the Miami Herald, and the Dallas Morning News, where he was the
cowinner of a Pulitzer Prize. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard,
he is a contributing editor at U.S. News. He is frequently invited to
speak at schools and conferences.
correspondent at U.S. News & World Report, the Boston Globe,
the Miami Herald, and the Dallas Morning News, where he was the
cowinner of a Pulitzer Prize. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard,
he is a contributing editor at U.S. News. He is frequently invited to
speak at schools and conferences.
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