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272 Secrets for Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools

272 Secrets for Getting Your Kid into the Top Schools

By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

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    About What Colleges Don’t Tell You (And Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know)

    A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schools

    Targeting the savvy parents of today’s college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams.

    Did you know?
    -A child’s guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral.
    -A parent can help get a child off a waiting list.
    -There is a way for students to back out of Early Decision once they’ve been accepted.

    Based on the controversial insider information Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation’s top colleges, this book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.

    About What Colleges Don’t Tell You (And Other Parents Don’t Want You to Know)

    A sought-after packager of high school students shares 272 secrets to help parents get their kids into the top schools

    Targeting the savvy parents of today’s college-bound teenagers who seek to gain a proven edge in the college admissions process, this book reveals 272 little-known secrets to help parents get their kids into the school of their dreams.

    Did you know?
    -A child’s guidance counselor can help reverse a deferral.
    -A parent can help get a child off a waiting list.
    -There is a way for students to back out of Early Decision once they’ve been accepted.

    Based on the controversial insider information Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has gleaned from working as a highly successful packager of high school students and from interviews with heads of admission at the nation’s top colleges, this book empowers parents by decoding the admissions process.

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    About Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

    Elizabeth Wissner-Grossunderstands the fear and urge to procrastinate. After all, she has helped thousands of students through the college application process, since she began advising students more than 12 years ago. In addition to writing two books on college admissions… More about Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

    About Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

    Elizabeth Wissner-Grossunderstands the fear and urge to procrastinate. After all, she has helped thousands of students through the college application process, since she began advising students more than 12 years ago. In addition to writing two books on college admissions… More about Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

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    Category: Test Preparation |

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    Jul 31, 2007 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780452288546

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    “An empowering insider’s guide.”—Melissa Hartman, Imagine magazine, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

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