Comments for Kimon College http://www.kimoncollege.com Kimon College Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on Complete Book of Colleges, 2010 Edition by Midwest Book Review http://www.kimoncollege.com/311/complete-book-of-colleges-2010-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Midwest Book Review Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:07:07 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/311/complete-book-of-colleges-2010-edition/#comment-79 The Complete Book of Colleges 2010 Edition is a 'must' acquisition for any high school or college reference library serious about providing references for students comparing schools. It provides profiles of everything from admissions procedures and online school searches to online courses and housing, key campus activities, and more. Packed with reference information, it's a 'must' for any serious reference library where students are deciding upon and choosing schools. <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 The Complete Book of Colleges 2010 Edition is a ‘must’ acquisition for any high school or college reference library serious about providing references for students comparing schools. It provides profiles of everything from admissions procedures and online school searches to online courses and housing, key campus activities, and more. Packed with reference information, it’s a ‘must’ for any serious reference library where students are deciding upon and choosing schools.

Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students by E. Banner http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/comment-page-1/#comment-75 E. Banner Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:47 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/#comment-75 Good book, useful tips. However, Straight-A offers far more advice on how to succeed in college. Rating: 4 / 5 Good book, useful tips. However, Straight-A offers far more advice on how to succeed in college.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students by A http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/comment-page-1/#comment-74 A Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:14:31 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/#comment-74 I just wish I had found this book when I was a freshman in college. Rating: 5 / 5 I just wish I had found this book when I was a freshman in college.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students by Barbara Schwall http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Barbara Schwall Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:34:44 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/#comment-73 Excellent present for the college freshman, or current senior in high school. Rating: 5 / 5 Excellent present for the college freshman, or current senior in high school.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students by The Big Shmoo http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/comment-page-1/#comment-72 The Big Shmoo Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:21:14 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/#comment-72 As a parent, I read the book and returned it. (My daughter, the freshman, insisted I get my money back. <br /> <br />From chapter 18: <br />"Break the curve once a term... The advantages of blowing the curve on an assignment are obvious." This is college not kindergarten. If your kids are enrolled in a competitive school with an intense curriculum, this advice is borderline asinine. My son, the EE, competes each week with a number of other kids on his senior design project. Each one of them wants to knock it out of the park. <br /> <br />From chapter 19: <br />"Make sure you that you always ask at least one question at every lecture." -- I seem to remember a proverb about stupid questions. I think Mark Twain once said, "Better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt." <br /> <br />From Chapter 24: <br />"Dress nicely for class" -- has this author ever been to a college campus ? (!) That was a rhetorical question. <br /> <br />If you want to give your kids some street smarts about college, get them a copy of College 101: The Book Your College Does Not Want You to Read That books isn't perfect. It is even slightly dated. However, it is damn funny, amazingly candid, and brutally honest. Rating: 2 / 5 As a parent, I read the book and returned it. (My daughter, the freshman, insisted I get my money back.

From chapter 18:

“Break the curve once a term… The advantages of blowing the curve on an assignment are obvious.” This is college not kindergarten. If your kids are enrolled in a competitive school with an intense curriculum, this advice is borderline asinine. My son, the EE, competes each week with a number of other kids on his senior design project. Each one of them wants to knock it out of the park.

From chapter 19:

“Make sure you that you always ask at least one question at every lecture.” — I seem to remember a proverb about stupid questions. I think Mark Twain once said, “Better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”

From Chapter 24:

“Dress nicely for class” — has this author ever been to a college campus ? (!) That was a rhetorical question.

If you want to give your kids some street smarts about college, get them a copy of College 101: The Book Your College Does Not Want You to Read That books isn’t perfect. It is even slightly dated. However, it is damn funny, amazingly candid, and brutally honest.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> Comment on How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country’s Top Students by Med student http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Med student Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:22:33 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/310/how-to-win-at-college-surprising-secrets-for-success-from-the-countrys-top-students/#comment-71 The book I received from all new books took a month to get to me. Then when I received the book, it was misprinted and is missing the last 10 chapters. <br /> <br />The book itself seems very interesting, but it's hard to tell when you're missing the ending. Rating: 1 / 5 The book I received from all new books took a month to get to me. Then when I received the book, it was misprinted and is missing the last 10 chapters.

The book itself seems very interesting, but it’s hard to tell when you’re missing the ending.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> Comment on College Handbook 2010 by S. LaCour http://www.kimoncollege.com/309/college-handbook-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-57 S. LaCour Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:07:51 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/309/college-handbook-2010/#comment-57 The descriptions of individual institutions in this guide are reasonbly comprehensive, and are an easier way of comparing schools than navigating through a variety of inconsistent web sites. However, the glaring omission that shows the College Board's conflict of interest in publishing a college guide *and* owning and administering the SAT exams is apparent in the lack of information about which schools require SAT scores and which do not. The SAT is rapidly becoming a relic and is being dropped by more schools as a requirement every year. As such, it's important for prospective students and parents to know whether this expensive, time-consuming, less-than-ideal exam is required on a school-by-school basis. If you want to know that you'll need to invest in a guide published by an organization that does not have a vested interest in the ongoing use of the SAT. Rating: 3 / 5 The descriptions of individual institutions in this guide are reasonbly comprehensive, and are an easier way of comparing schools than navigating through a variety of inconsistent web sites. However, the glaring omission that shows the College Board’s conflict of interest in publishing a college guide *and* owning and administering the SAT exams is apparent in the lack of information about which schools require SAT scores and which do not. The SAT is rapidly becoming a relic and is being dropped by more schools as a requirement every year. As such, it’s important for prospective students and parents to know whether this expensive, time-consuming, less-than-ideal exam is required on a school-by-school basis. If you want to know that you’ll need to invest in a guide published by an organization that does not have a vested interest in the ongoing use of the SAT.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price by Kristine I. Hintz http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Kristine I. Hintz Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:23:19 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/#comment-46 I am a career coach for students and young people seeking admission to college, graduate schools and the workforce. My practice focuses on students learning how to optimally position themselves. I ask the question, "What unique strengths do you have to offer that this college needs?" <br /> <br />Lynn O'Shaughnessy has taken this question to a new level. I help my students understand that a key to college acceptance is communication of how their unique strengths can fill a school's gaps (i.e., academic talent, diversity, athletic or artistic abilities). This book adds the financial element to that equation. A student's ability to fill a college's gaps not only drives acceptance, but influences a college's financial generosity as well. This is a simple, intuitive concept that not many families recognize. <br /> <br />As families push their high schoolers to "stretch" themselves to apply to prestigious "reach" colleges, they are overlooking great educational opportunities. If you get into Ivy U by the skin of your teeth, and you feel like they are almost doing you a favor by letting you squeak in, you are unlikely to get any financial incentives for going there. But if you are bringing something special to Under Ivy U, and they really want you for the contributions you can make (i.e., freshman stats, sports, arts, academic potential), they might feel a little more like you are doing them a favor, and they'll be willing to offer you a financial incentive to do so. <br /> <br />Simple, isn't it? Thank you, Ms. O'Shaughnessy, for pointing out such a clear and brilliant principle. I suggest your book to all my students, and will continue to do so! <br /> <br />-Kris Hintz, wwww.positionu4college.com Rating: 5 / 5 I am a career coach for students and young people seeking admission to college, graduate schools and the workforce. My practice focuses on students learning how to optimally position themselves. I ask the question, “What unique strengths do you have to offer that this college needs?”

Lynn O’Shaughnessy has taken this question to a new level. I help my students understand that a key to college acceptance is communication of how their unique strengths can fill a school’s gaps (i.e., academic talent, diversity, athletic or artistic abilities). This book adds the financial element to that equation. A student’s ability to fill a college’s gaps not only drives acceptance, but influences a college’s financial generosity as well. This is a simple, intuitive concept that not many families recognize.

As families push their high schoolers to “stretch” themselves to apply to prestigious “reach” colleges, they are overlooking great educational opportunities. If you get into Ivy U by the skin of your teeth, and you feel like they are almost doing you a favor by letting you squeak in, you are unlikely to get any financial incentives for going there. But if you are bringing something special to Under Ivy U, and they really want you for the contributions you can make (i.e., freshman stats, sports, arts, academic potential), they might feel a little more like you are doing them a favor, and they’ll be willing to offer you a financial incentive to do so.

Simple, isn’t it? Thank you, Ms. O’Shaughnessy, for pointing out such a clear and brilliant principle. I suggest your book to all my students, and will continue to do so!

-Kris Hintz, wwww.positionu4college.com
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price by Daria Doering http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Daria Doering Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:56:32 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/#comment-45 This book really is unique and the best. I have looked at many college books, and this is the only one that addressed my concerns about whether kids who have money in their name can get financial aid, and whether there is any hope for parents "in the middle" who may have too much money to qualify for financial aid, and too little to pay for private colleges. The answers are much more hopeful than I had thought, and O'Shaughnessy even provides the "formulas" colleges use; something I had tried in absolute vain to find. Other things I found out (wish I'd had this book many years ago) were that retirement funds are not counted against you at all, so that's another reason to sock away the maximum amount; and that you should be spending that money in your kids' names for certain of their expenses, in other words spending down their accounts, so they'll get better financial aid packages (and you can then repay what you spent). Highly recommended! Rating: 5 / 5 This book really is unique and the best. I have looked at many college books, and this is the only one that addressed my concerns about whether kids who have money in their name can get financial aid, and whether there is any hope for parents “in the middle” who may have too much money to qualify for financial aid, and too little to pay for private colleges. The answers are much more hopeful than I had thought, and O’Shaughnessy even provides the “formulas” colleges use; something I had tried in absolute vain to find. Other things I found out (wish I’d had this book many years ago) were that retirement funds are not counted against you at all, so that’s another reason to sock away the maximum amount; and that you should be spending that money in your kids’ names for certain of their expenses, in other words spending down their accounts, so they’ll get better financial aid packages (and you can then repay what you spent). Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price by Murphy http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Murphy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:32:05 +0000 http://www.kimoncollege.com/308/the-college-solution-a-guide-for-everyone-looking-for-the-right-school-at-the-right-price/#comment-44 As a parent of a high school senior, I have read many college admission advice books over the past two years. I found this book "The College Solution" to be different than most of the others, and I highly recommend it. While many of the other books focus on theories and tricks to gaining admission, I feel this book offers very practical advice and suggests specific actions. It mentions many helpful websites that are beneficial in researching colleges. The title of this book might make you think the book is all about financing college.... It certainly covers that, but it is much more. This is a very useful, practical book. Reasonably priced and worth it. I had originally borrowed it from the local library...after reading it I purchased my own copy so I can refer back to it periodically. Rating: 5 / 5 As a parent of a high school senior, I have read many college admission advice books over the past two years. I found this book “The College Solution” to be different than most of the others, and I highly recommend it. While many of the other books focus on theories and tricks to gaining admission, I feel this book offers very practical advice and suggests specific actions. It mentions many helpful websites that are beneficial in researching colleges. The title of this book might make you think the book is all about financing college…. It certainly covers that, but it is much more. This is a very useful, practical book. Reasonably priced and worth it. I had originally borrowed it from the local library…after reading it I purchased my own copy so I can refer back to it periodically.
Rating: 5 / 5

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