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Real Freshman Handbook A Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus

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ISBN-10: 0618163425

ISBN-13: 9780618163427

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Jennifer Hanson

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In a guide to college life that is a little more realistic than Felicity and a little more fun than Stanley Kaplan, Jennifer Hanson charts a course through the dips and bends of freshman year. Written with the collective "wisdom" of twelve college students from across the country, THE REAL FRESHMAN HANDBOOK is the only one of its kind - a "handy and humorous book that will fit in any first-year"s backpack" (Harvard University Gazette) and that offers an inside look at the real deal on college life from those who have been there - and survived. Hanson gives readers a crash course in avoiding freshman year follies, from filling out roommate questionnaires and evaluating putative hangover…    
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Book details

List price: $14.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Jennifer Hanson, a proverbial professional student, is a graduate of Harvard University and a second-year law student at the University of Michigan. She has sought the advice and experiences of friends at colleges and universities all over the country to ensure a guide that will speak to all freshmen.

Introduction
Avoiding Ex-cons: How to Make the Rooming Questionnaire Make Your Year
Narrowing the Field: Course Selection
The Ultimate Packing List
Word! Computers
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Transportation
Transportation on Campus
Bonding to Blowouts: The Law of Roommates
Urban Sophisticate: Apartment Living
Martha Stewart Meets the Barracks: Room Decorating
Cheapskating Your Way through College: Finances
From Break-ins to Ben and Jerry's Bodyguards: Safety and Security
Don't Count on the Premed: Health and Emergencies
B.S. and Friends: Course Survival
Research and Romance: The Library
Get a Job
The Tide of Love: Laundry
Room or Ruins? Simple Dorm Maintenance
Phys. Ed. 101: Sleep and Exercise
The Glory That Was Greece: Fraternities and Sororities
The Leisure Class: Student Activities
Wild Thing: Sex
Be Your Own Dog: Drinking
Food(?)
Turkey in a Toast-R-Oven and Other Trappings of Celebration: Holidays
Conclusion: Looking Ahead
Acknowledgments