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                   Books for the College Search

For Students:

100 Things Every College Student Should Know

Been There, Should've Done That: 505 Tips for Making the Most of College; Suzette Tyler; Front Porch Press, Haslett, MI, 1997

Campus Daze: Easing the Transition from High School to College; George Gibbs, Octameron Associates, 1998 

Campus Pursuit: How To Make the Most of the College Visit Interview. G. Gary Ripple. Octameron Associates 

Chicken Soup for the College Soul

College Match: A Blueprint For Choosing The Best School For You.  Steven Antonoff and Marie Friedman

 College 101: A First-year Reader; John D. Lawry, 1998

 College 101: The Book Your College Does Not Want You To Read, Guy Stevens, 1998

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You’re not a Straight A Student.  Loren Pope 

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to College Planning. O’Neal Turner. Alpha Books 

Making College Count: A Real World Look at How to Succeed In and After College; Patrick S. O’Brien, 1996 

Smart Start: Answers to Questions Asked by First Year College Students; Edited by Melinda K Dalgarn; McGraw Hill College Custom Series, 1994 

Starting Out Suburban: A Frosh Year Survival Guide; Linda Pollard Puner, 1996 

10 Real SAT’s. The College Board 

The Ultimate College Survival Guide, Farrar Worthington and Farrar 

You’re Officially a Grown-Up: The Graduate’s Guide to Freedom, Responsibility, Happiness and Personal Hygiene, Judith Viorst

 What Every College Student Should Know: How to Find the Best Teachers and Learn the Most from Them; Ernie Lepore and Sarah-Jane Leslie; Rutgers University Press, 2002 

The Winning Edge: The Student-Athlete’s Guide to College Scholarship. Frances and James KillPatrick. Octameron Assoc.  

For Parents:

A New Beginning: A Survival Guide for Parents of College Freshmen; Kaye Bernard McGarry

Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College; Patricia Pasick 

And Suddenly They’re Gone: What Parents Need to Know About the Empty Nest; Patricia S. Olson 

Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send the Money: The Essential Parenting Guide for the College Years; Johnson and Schelhaus-Miller 

Doors Open From Both Sides; The Off-to-College Guide From Two Points of View: Parents and Students; Margo E. Bane Woodacre, MSW, Steffany Bane, 2001

 Empty Nest. . . Full Heart: The Journey from Home to College; Andrea Van Steenhouse

How to Survive and Thrive in an Empty Nest: Reclaiming Your Life When Your Children Have Grown; Robert H. Lauer, Jeannette C. Lauer 

Letting Go: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years; Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger; Harper Perennial, 1997

Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Find the College That’s Right For You. Loren Pope, Penguin Books 

Meeting College Costs. The College Board

 Smart Parents Guide to College: The 10 Most Important Factors for Students and Parents When Choosing a College.  Ernest L. Boyer and Paul Boyer 

When Kids Go to College (Newman and Newman)


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