Random House New Releases - Education - Guidance & Orientation

The Best Value Colleges, 2014 Edition by Princeton Review

2014-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Best Value Colleges, 2014 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In
Written by Princeton Review

Trade Paperback, 480 pages | Princeton Review | Study Aids - College Guides; Study Aids - College Entrance; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $21.99 | 978-0-8041-2447-8 (0-8041-2447-7)

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

2013-02-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In
Written by Princeton Review

Trade Paperback, 480 pages | Princeton Review | Study Aids - College Guides; Study Aids - College Entrance; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $21.99 | 978-0-307-94598-3 (0-307-94598-7)

With college costs rising, it's important to make every dollar count.

That's why we at The Princeton Review have worked to expand our wildly-popular "Best Value Colleges" list—published annually in partnership with USA TODAY—into this comprehensive guidebook! Inside, you'll find detailed profiles of the 150 best-buy schools and learn what it takes to get into them.

· Information on WHAT MAKES A BEST VALUE SCHOOL and why these 150 are our top picks, based on over 30 data points covering academics, cost of attendance, financial aid, and much more
· In-depth profiles of the TOP 75 PUBLIC AND 75 PRIVATE SCHOOLS that offer fantastic value for their price tags,with essential info on their costs, selectivity, classes, and facilities
· Introductory chapters with ADVICE ON ADMISSIONS and finding the best school for you
· INDEXES by cost and location
· A bonus section with the TOP 10 TUITION-FREE SCHOOLS

With the 2013 edition of The Best Value Colleges, you'll get everything you need to find a school with quality academics, reasonable tuition, and great financial aid. Remember: No one knows colleges like The Princeton Review!

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads by Sheila Curran

2012-06-20T00:30:00-05:00

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career
Written by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

eBook, 336 pages | Ten Speed Press | Business & Economics - Job Hunting; Business & Economics - Careers; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $11.99 | 978-0-307-81584-2 (0-307-81584-6)

Most people would love to have 20/20 hindsight on their careers. In Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads, college career experts Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald have assembled the next best thing: the collective wisdom of a diverse and inspiring cast of success stories—twenty-three liberal arts graduates who have gone on to all manner of fascinating and satisfying professions. The authors have combined lessons from the stories with their own hands-on experience with thousands of students and graduates to outline a framework for finding a perfect career. What makes Smart Moves different is that it provides essential career advice while being fun to read. Readers will be struck by the frankness of the biographies of real graduates whose careers have taken twists and turns. Todd turned his passion into a living as the founder and CEO of several small businesses and a professional cellist; Thad's path took him from English major to a dream job in the front office of a major league baseball team; and a subway ride helped Sharon speed her intended career leap from a luxury department store to journalism. What binds them together is that they have all made smart moves on the way to career success—both during their liberal arts education and in the real world.Smart Moves not only champions the value of a liberal arts education, it also embraces the complexity of careers, and the notion that many different factors contribute to success: education, experience, attitude, personal characteristics, and a good dose of luck. Smart Moves is an inspiration to all those who are seeking proven strategies to follow their passion—no matter what their age.The quarter million liberal arts students who receive diplomas each year will truly benefit from the insights of Smart Moves. But this book is equally helpful for high school students (and their guidance counselors) looking at colleges, for graduates still looking for their life's work, and for parents who want to understand career realities for their children. An innovative career guide for our stressful, fast-paced world, Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads illuminates valuable career lessons with sharp advice and an unparalleled framework for success.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

College Admission by Robin Mamlet

2011-08-30T00:30:00-05:00

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step
Written by Robin Mamlet

eBook, 432 pages | Three Rivers Press | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Reference | $15.99 | 978-0-307-59033-6 (0-307-59033-X)

College Admission is the ultimate user's manual and go-to guide for any student or family approaching the college application process.

Featuring the wise counsel of more than 50 deans of admission, no other guide has such thorough, expert, compassionate, and professional advice.

Let’s be honest: applying to college can be stressful for students and parents. But here’s the good news: you can get in. Robin Mamlet has been dean of admission at three of America's most selective colleges, and journalist and parent Christine VanDeVelde has been through the process first hand. With this book, you will feel like you have both a dean of admission and a parent who has been there at your side.

Inside this book, you'll find clear, comprehensive, and expert answers to all your questions along the way to an acceptance letter:

   • The role of extracurricular activities
   • What it means to find a college that's the "right fit"
   • What's more important: high grades or tough courses
   • What role does testing play
   • The best candidates for early admission
   • When help from parents is too much help
   • Advice for athletes, artists, international students, and those with learning differences
   • How wait lists work
   • Applying for financial aid

This will be your definitive resource during the sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

College Admission by Christine VanDeVelde

2011-08-16T00:30:00-05:00

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step
Written by Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde

Trade Paperback, 432 pages | Three Rivers Press | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Reference | $19.99 | 978-0-307-59032-9 (0-307-59032-1)

Essays that Worked for College Applications by Brian Kasbar

2010-11-17T00:30:00-05:00

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

eBook | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $9.99 | 978-0-307-77576-4 (0-307-77576-3)

Essays that Worked for College Applications offers advice on writing a successful college admissions essay and presents fifty examples.

Lecture Notes by Philip Mitchell Freeman

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College Success
Written by Philip Mitchell Freeman

Trade Paperback, 160 pages | Ten Speed Press | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Higher; Reference - Writing Skills | $14.99 | 978-1-58008-754-4 (1-58008-754-X)

If you’re an incoming freshman facing the culture shock of campus life, reeling under the weight of scholastic expectations, and feeling the pressure of overwhelming financial commitments—don’t panic! Lectures Notes counters the confusion with an insider’s perspective on navigating these challenges and many more. Professor Philip Freeman reveals the three sure-fire rules for a great college experience, offers solid strategies for fostering crucial relationships with faculty advisors, and sets you up for four years of success—and beyond. Packed with practical advice, Lectures Notes is a must read for every college-bound high school senior, whether you’re attending a small-town junior college, a sprawling mega-campus, or an ivy-league university. Don’t leave home without it!

Lecture Notes by Philip Mitchell Freeman

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College Success
Written by Philip Mitchell Freeman

eBook, 160 pages | Ten Speed Press | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Higher | $11.99 | 978-1-58008-429-1 (1-58008-429-X)

The New Global Student by Maya Frost

2009-05-19T00:30:00-05:00

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Written by Maya Frost

Trade Paperback, 336 pages | Three Rivers Press | Education; Education - Multicultural Education; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $14.95 | 978-0-307-45062-3 (0-307-45062-7)

Good-bye, Old School. Hello, Bold School!

In 2005, Maya Frost and her husband sold everything and left their suburban American lifestyle behind in order to have an adventure abroad. The tricky part: they had to shepherd their four teenage daughters through high school and into college. This hilarious and conspiratorial how-to handbook describes the affordable, accessible, and stunningly advantageous options they stumbled upon that any American student can leverage to get an outrageously relevant global education.

Ready to ditch the drama of the traditional hypercompetitive SAT/AP/GPA path? Meet the bold American students who are catapulting into the global economy at twenty with a red-hot college diploma, sizzling 21st-century skills, a blazing sense of direction–and no debt.

You’ll discover:
• the one thing preventing your student from blasting forward
• why Advanced Placement isn’t so advanced
• why international programs fail to provide a truly global education
• the most critical time for your student to study abroad
• the best exchange program in the world ($3,000 or less per year)
• the strategic way to fast-forward through high school
• how to maximize a family sabbatical
• how to live the life of your dreams abroad–and save thousands for college

Packed with myth-busting facts, laughable loopholes, insider insights, astonishing success stories, and poignant tales from the Frost daughters themselves, this inspiring romp is guaranteed to get you cheering.

The New Global Student by Maya Frost

2009-05-19T00:30:00-05:00

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Written by Maya Frost

eBook | Three Rivers Press | Education; Education - Multicultural Education; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $13.99 | 978-0-307-45090-6 (0-307-45090-2)

Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol

2008-08-05T00:30:00-05:00

Letters to a Young Teacher
Written by Jonathan Kozol

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Broadway Books | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Essays | $15.00 | 978-0-307-39372-2 (0-307-39372-0)

This is the book for readers of Jonathan Kozol's previous works on education, including The Shame of the Nation and On Being a Teacher; for readers of memoirs like Frank McCourt's Teacher Man; for new teachers looking for guidance and inspiration; and for educators, administrators, and children's advocates of all levels of experience.

From the award-winning author of bestsellers Shame of the Nation, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, Death at an Early Age, and Ordinary Resurrections, Jonathan Kozol's most personally insightful and revealing work to date takes the form of encouraging letters to Francesca, a young classroom teacher, offering advice, personal stories, and a shared sense of outrage at the inadequacies of America's educational system.

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law Schools
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

eBook, 144 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $11.99 | 978-0-307-41514-1 (0-307-41514-7)

“Law school applicants should consider this a guide to producing a competitive, superior essay. . . . These successful examples speak louder than any written how-to instructions could.” –The Book Watch

Each year, thousands of people apply to the most prestigious law schools across the country, competing for an ever-smaller number of spaces. But each applicant gets one chance to distinguish himself or herself from the pack: the law school application essay. In the essay, you can spotlight the qualities you possess that transcripts and LSAT scores cannot reveal.

Essays That Worked for Law Schools shows that winning essays come in a variety of styles and voices. One student writes about running a day-care center. Another tells a harrowing story about driving a cab in New York City. And a third gives an incredibly convincing argument for why the world needs one more good lawyer. From the thousands submitted each year, the essays in this book were considered some of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top law schools.

If you’re facing essay anxiety, this book will educate and inspire you–and most important of all, help you write an essay that will give you the best chance of getting into the law school of your choice.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools by Ballantine

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools
Written by Ballantine

eBook, 160 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $11.99 | 978-0-307-41515-8 (0-307-41515-5)

Discover why admissions officers from the nation’s top medical schools selected these essays of worthy applicants

With only a limited number of spaces available every year to the thousands of
qualified applicants to the nation’s top medical schools, a serious candidate must find
a way to set himself or herself apart from the crowd. The essay is your one chance to
highlight the personal qualities and achievements that the application and MCAT
scores do not reveal.

As Essays That Worked for Medical Schools demonstrates, there is no such thing as
the perfect submission. The winning essays cover a wide range of interesting topics. If there is any similarity, it is that they are written from the heart. One applicant writes about his work as a counselor for mentally ill adults and teens. Another tells about the life-changing experience of delivering much needed supplies to a leprosy village in West Africa. And a third applicant talks about time spent volunteering at a local senior center. From the thousands submitted each year, the essays in this book were considered some of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top medical schools.

With creativity and effort, you can turn almost any topic into an effective, successful essay for your medical school application!

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised)
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

eBook, 160 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $11.99 | 978-0-307-41513-4 (0-307-41513-9)

“Applicants looking for the competitive edge in getting accepted at the business school of their choice may want to peruse this book.” –Security Traders Handbook

Every year, thousands apply for a finite number of places in business schools. With similar grades, backgrounds, and goals, sometimes the only thing that can make an applicant stand out is the application essay. It’s the best chance you have to shine and tip the balance in your favor.

Essays That Worked for Business Schools shows that the best essays are brief, sincere, and personal. Some are off the wall, some are bold, all are unique to their creator. One applicant writes about starting his own airline. Another tells about the corruption in his job as a defense contractor. And a third reflects on his license plate. From the thousands submitted each year, the forty essays in this book were considered some of the best by admissions officers at the nation’s top business schools. As this collection demonstrates, with creativity and effort you can turn almost any topic into an effective, successful essay for your business school application.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol

2007-08-21T00:30:00-05:00

Letters to a Young Teacher
Written by Jonathan Kozol

eBook | Broadway Books | Education - Guidance & Orientation; Education - Essays | $13.99 | 978-0-307-40570-8 (0-307-40570-2)

In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools.

Letters to a Young Teacher reignites a numberof the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago.

But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.

From the Hardcover edition.

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads by Sheila Curran

2006-05-01T00:30:00-05:00

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career
Written by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

Trade Paperback, 336 pages | Ten Speed Press | Business & Economics - Job Hunting; Business & Economics - Careers; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $16.99 | 978-1-58008-709-4 (1-58008-709-4)

Essays that Worked for College Applications by Brian Kasbar

2003-07-29T00:30:00-05:00

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $13.95 | 978-0-345-45217-7 (0-345-45217-8)

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

2003-07-29T00:30:00-05:00

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised)
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Trade Paperback, 160 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $13.95 | 978-0-345-45043-2 (0-345-45043-4)

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

2003-07-29T00:30:00-05:00

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law Schools
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Trade Paperback, 144 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $13.95 | 978-0-345-45042-5 (0-345-45042-6)

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools by Ballantine

2003-07-29T00:30:00-05:00

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools
Written by Ballantine

Trade Paperback, 160 pages | Ballantine Books | Education - Reference; Education - Guidance & Orientation | $13.95 | 978-0-345-45044-9 (0-345-45044-2)

Random House New Releases - Education - Guidance & Orientation

The Best Value Colleges, 2014 Edition by Princeton Review

The Best Value Colleges, 2014 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get InWritten by Princeton Review

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition by Princeton Review

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get InWritten by Princeton Review

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads by Sheila Curran

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect CareerWritten by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

College Admission by Robin Mamlet

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by StepWritten by Robin Mamlet

College Admission by Christine VanDeVelde

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by StepWritten by Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde

Essays that Worked for College Applications by Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top CollegesWritten by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Lecture Notes by Philip Mitchell Freeman

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College SuccessWritten by Philip Mitchell Freeman

Lecture Notes by Philip Mitchell Freeman

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College SuccessWritten by Philip Mitchell Freeman

The New Global Student by Maya Frost

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International EducationWritten by Maya Frost

The New Global Student by Maya Frost

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International EducationWritten by Maya Frost

Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol

Letters to a Young Teacher Written by Jonathan Kozol

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law SchoolsWritten by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools by Ballantine

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools Written by Ballantine

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol

Letters to a Young Teacher Written by Jonathan Kozol

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads by Sheila Curran

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect CareerWritten by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

Essays that Worked for College Applications by Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top CollegesWritten by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised) Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) by Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law SchoolsWritten by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools by Ballantine

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools Written by Ballantine

The Best Value Colleges, 2014 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In
Written by Princeton Review

The Best Value Colleges, 2013 Edition The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In
Written by Princeton Review

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career
Written by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step
Written by Robin Mamlet

College Admission From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step
Written by Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College Success
Written by Philip Mitchell Freeman

Lecture Notes A Professor's Inside Guide to College Success
Written by Philip Mitchell Freeman

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Written by Maya Frost

The New Global Student Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Written by Maya Frost

Letters to a Young Teacher
Written by Jonathan Kozol

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law Schools
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools
Written by Ballantine

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised)
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Letters to a Young Teacher
Written by Jonathan Kozol

Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career
Written by Sheila Curran and Suzanne Greenwald

Essays that Worked for College Applications 50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Business Schools (Revised)
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised) 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Law Schools
Written by Boykin Curry and Brian Kasbar

Essays that Worked for Medical Schools
Written by Ballantine