What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out of College A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character Is the Key to College Admissions

Name: What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out of College A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character Is the Key to College Admissions
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ISBN: 9781592403028

ISBN-10: 1592403026

ISBN-13: 9781592403028

Edition: 2007

Authors: Don Dunbar, G. F. Lichtenberg

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In the tradition of "The Gatekeepers," a veteran counselor provides the missing key to the college admissions door with insider wisdom about how admissions committees think, and the thirteen fatal mistakes that can ruin an application. When Don Dunbar was a college counselor for Phillips Academy, Andover, in the 1980s, he got to sit in on the meetings where the nations top colleges decided whether to admit his students. Prep school counselors no longer get this kind of astonishing access, but in those meetings, Don discovered a little-known key to college admissions that still holds true today. Many applicants look alike, based on their grades, test scores, and extracurriculars, so…

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List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 7/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Don Dunbaris a former admissions consultant for Philips Academy, Andover, and he is one of the nations premier experts on the college admissions process. He founded Dunbar Educational Consultants, which has helped clients gain acceptance to all of Americas top colleges and universities. G.F. Lichtenbergis a graduate of Harvard College and the Iowa Writers Workshop, and he is the co-author of books from several major publishers. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazineand Publishers Weekly.