Elizabeth Wissner-Gross, author of What Colleges Don’t Tell You (And Other Parents Don't Want You to Know), was a guest on the Today Show on August 15. She answered questions from students and parents about college admissions, providing some good advice on how students should approach the process considering "how competitive the college admissions process has become..."
NBC's Back to School site includes many articles directly related to college admissions and the freshman experience. Some of the best are What Colleges Don't Tell You, which includes an excerpt from Wissner-Gross' book, How to Survive Getting Into College, in which former Ivy League admissions officer Rachel Korn gives tips to high school students applying to college, an informative article by Today Show contributor Dr. Ruth A. Peters on Getting your teen ready for college will help to get parents thinking, and Peters is at it again in How to prepare your child for freshman year. Finally, a must-read for students and parents: Kid college-bound? Teach him how to budget is a good reminder of how to get out of college with some money to spare.
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