Get into Any College

The Insiders Guide to Getting into a Top College

Insider strategies from successful applicants on how to ace college applications, essays, interviews, and standardized tests

Based on the real-life experiences of students who were admitted to the United States’ most prestigious universities, this guide provides proven strategies to get into and pay for any college. Detailing what high school studentsfrom freshmen to seniorscan do to prepare, this updated edition addresses recent changes in admissions and financial aid processes and the increasingly popular early-admissions option. Examples of applications, interviews, and 25 actual college-admission essays complement information on how parents can help without hurting, what it takes to ace the SAT and ACT, and where students can find free cash for tuition. Stories of students’ successes and failures reveal how the college-admissions and financial-aid processes really work,