College Interviews
College Interviews

Author: Richard Montauk

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-08

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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This book shows you, step-by-step, how to ace your interviews More than 1,000 colleges interview some or all of their applicants. These interviews affect admissions decisions more than ever before &mdash since the other pieces of the application are not as informative as they once were. Inflated high school grades, the elimination of class ranks in many high schools, and the decreased use of SAT and ACT scores all make it harder to determine the strength of an application. Don't miss the opportunity to improve your admissions chances. Interviewing can help: * Humanize you and your application * Demonstrate your keen interest in a college * Show how you'll contribute in class and on campus * Make clear your resilience and grit * Resolve any issues in your application Nothing in your interview will surprise you: * See the actual instructions Harvard and other schools give to their interviewers * Anticipate what questions you'll be asked * Understand interview pacing, flow and focus You'll learn how to: * Make the most of practice interviews * Handle every type of question * Tell your most important stories * Optimize your appearance and behavior This book includes in-depth chapters on: * Merit scholarship programs, including their "interview weekends" * Business, engineering, and nursing programs * UK universities, inc. Oxford & Cambridge Special features: * Detailed advice regarding telephone, Zoom, and recorded video interviews * The proper role of parents &mdash before, during, and after interviews * How to handle a flubbed interview

The Professor Is In
The Professor Is In

Author: Karen Kelsky

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0553419420

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The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

Campus Visits and College Interviews
Campus Visits and College Interviews

Author: The College Board

Publisher: College Board

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1457300257

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Campus Visits and College Interviews from The College Board teaches you how to get the most out of your campus visits, and get the stress out of your college interviews. Updated to give the pros and cons of college Web sites and "virtual visits," and reformatted with easy-to-use charts and checklists, this quick and handy guide will help you get the right impression during your visit and make the right impression during your interview. It tells you the best times to visit; what to look for while you're there; what questions to expect during your interview; what questions you should ask; and more.

Surviving Religion 101
Surviving Religion 101

Author: Michael J. Kruger

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2021-03-22

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1433572109

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"I can't imagine a college student—skeptic, doubter, Christian, struggler—who wouldn't benefit from this book." —Kevin DeYoung For many young adults, the college years are an exciting period of selfdiscovery full of new relationships, new independence, and new experiences. Yet college can also be a time of personal testing and intense questioning— especially for Christian students confronted with various challenges to Christianity and the Bible for the first time. Drawing on years of experience as a biblical scholar, Michael Kruger addresses common objections to the Christian faith—the exclusivity of Christianity, Christian intolerance, homosexuality, hell, the problem of evil, science, miracles, and the reliability of the Bible. If you're a student dealing with doubt or wrestling with objections to Christianity from fellow students and professors alike, this book will equip you to engage secular challenges with intellectual honesty, compassion, and confidence—and ultimately graduate college with your faith intact.

College Interview Essentials
College Interview Essentials

Author: Peggy Nash Marx

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781530137046

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Gaining admission into a college or university is more competitive than ever. Even if you have achieved a stellar grade point average, piled up community service hours, and knocked your written application out of the park, are you truly prepared for the one-on-one interview? You are one of many charming, articulate, and intelligent students-how are you going to stand out from the crowd? This guide is how. CIC ( College Interview Counselors / Career Interview Coaches, LLC ) writers have been involved with top-level college admission interviews for over twenty-five years, and they're ready to arm you with everything you need to know concerning communication and self-marketing. Remember, the interview is your single opportunity to impress the admissions committee in a live, one-on-one interaction. And, the post-interview write-up is included in your application file and could make or break your admission chances. Given the texting, e-mailing, and online commenting of today's world, your face-to-face engagement skills might not be as excellent as you suspect. So, let Peggy Nash Marx and Kyrie O'Connor help you sharpen those skills. Their advice is easy to understand, humorous, and effective. You'll not just be ready for your interviews, but also eager to sit down with your top college choices and make yourself a clear selection for admissions. You'll be a confident, strong interviewee!

Hey AdmissionsMom
Hey AdmissionsMom

Author: Carolyn Allison Caplan

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781733764100

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Welcome to a no-nonsense, unconventional approach to college admissions! Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit from the voices of r/ApplyingToCollege, with Carolyn Allison Caplan, aka u/admissionsmom FRONT DOOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS HELP Discover what over 100,000 engaged r/ApplyingToCollege subscribers are learning about as they discuss a fresh approach to college admissions. With Hey AdmissionsMom, Carolyn and the kids from r/ApplyingToCollege give you a place to stop trying to figure out what your top schools want in you and instead ask yourself, What do I want out of life when I leave high school? What do I see for myself? You're a talented, interesting student, and when you really know who you are, you're going to make the best decisions for yourself As a sophomore or junior entering the college admissions process, maybe you're overwhelmed by the paperwork, school descriptions, test score requirements, extracurricular activity options, and the daunting task of figuring it all out without losing yourself. Others of you already started the college admissions process and feel okay about your applications, but you're struggling with the personal statement or essays. Or, you want permission not to be a carbon copy of the ideal student and want out-of-the-box ways to be yourself, both in life and in the admissions process. And you're not just managing your expectations, but also your parents. College admissions can be especially intimidating if your high school sucks, you're first in your family to go to college, or you haven't always been a model student. You might also be a concerned parent or mentor looking for a guide designed not to stress you and your kid out and might even help with that as you learn the ropes of college admissions. For all the times you or your high school student thought, "There has to be a better way," when you hear advice about high-performance, achievement, and crazy amounts of EC's (extracurriculars)... You were right. You just found it. Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit In this refreshingly honest, irreverent digest of college admissions questions and answers from u/admissionsmom and the subreddit, r/ApplyingToCollege, you'll find 37 bite-sized chapters of practical information, inspiring personal stories, insider tips, and yes, we have to be honest about this here - the occasional swear word, too. The time is NOW for you to: Focus on who you are, what you want from life, and how college fits into your goals, not the reverse Write essays and personal statements that actually sound like you, the real you Stop being one of 50,000 students applying to the same 20 colleges Stay positive even if you're not valedictorian or you didn't cure cancer (nobody else has either -- yet) Find questions asked by students just like you, so you don't feel alone or like you're the only one who doesn't already have it all figured out Take a deep breath as you learn about mindfulness By the end of Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit, you will have peeled back the layers of your authentic self and be able to appreciate your personality traits, interests, and talents as you breathe and apply to college with a smile.

The Best Book On Elite Admissions (Former Stanford Admissions Officer's Plan For Select College Admissions)
The Best Book On Elite Admissions (Former Stanford Admissions Officer's Plan For Select College Admissions)

Author: Erinn Andrews

Publisher: Hyperink Inc

Published: 2011-11-17

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 1614645477

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ABOUT THE BOOK Applying to college is likely the most stressful and important moment in a teenager's academic life. Pressure from friends, family, teachers, and oneself add up to make this an overwhelming process to go through, especially for students applying to the nation's most selective schools. One major reason for this stress is the uncertainty of the application process. Often, the students who apply to top schools are used to feeling in control of their lives and planning their future, but because there are no sure admittances in elite admissions, the feeling of helplessness can be overwhelming. There are a number of resources available to students who wish to maximize their chances of admission; however, I, as a former admission officer at a selective university, feel that many are misleading. In some cases, the advice given is very specific to one school which isn't useful for the majority of students or it's too vague. And in some other cases, students try to compare their statistics with the statistics of other seemingly similar students to gauge their chances of admission, perhaps the worst resource of all. MEET THE AUTHOR Erinn Andrews is the former Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Stanford University. She read and evaluated thousands of applications from the US, as well as more than 70 countries around the world, and through that, she has developed a unique perspective on what it takes to get into the nation's elite colleges. She completed an M.A. in Education at Stanford University's School of Education in the Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies Program. She also earned a B.A. in History with Honors at Stanford. She now works with students to help them uncover their intellectual and personal interests and present the best version of themselves in the elite admissions process. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK The purpose of the application in selective admissions is to understand the context from which the applicant is coming. In order to decide which students to admit when admit rates are so low ( Once the context has been established, then the admission officer tries to find out if the student has taken advantage of the opportunities available to him and has either: a.) made a lasting impact in his community in some way, or b.) has the potential to make a lasting impact in his future community (college and beyond). Despite popular belief, every application is actually read in its entirety by an admission officer in the selective admissions process.