{"product_id":"campus-confidential-isbn-9780787978556","title":"Campus Confidential","description":"\u003ci\u003eCampus Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eultimate\u003c\/i\u003e insider’s guide to surviving and thriving in college. Written in a friendly, conversational style, \u003ci\u003eCampus Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive, chronological treatment of the college experience by the author, a Yale graduate, and a blue-ribbon panel of fourteen diverse “mentors” from colleges and universities around the country. But this is not just another fluff-filled freshman handbook. \u003ci\u003eCampus Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e is the \u003ci\u003ecomplete\u003c\/i\u003e guide to the college experience—providing solid, road-tested advice for every stage of the process, from high school students getting ready to apply, to college seniors looking for jobs or applying to graduate school, and everything in between.  Author's Note.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Prologue.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction: How to Use This Book.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Campus Confidential Mentors.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART ONE. GETTING IN.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1. Approaching the College Search.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2. Beating the New SAT.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 3. Acing the Application Process.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 4. An Investment in Your Future: Funding Your Undergraduate Education Through Loans, Grants, and Scholarships.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 5. Using the \"Relevance Calculus\" to Choose Your School.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART TWO. CONSIDERATIONS FOR FRESHMAN YEAR.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 6. The Ten Things to Do Before You Arrive on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 7. What You Need and What You Don't Need to Take to College.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 8. The Eleven Things to Do Right After You Arrive on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 9. Keeping the Peace with your Roommates and Suitemates.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 10. Staying Safe on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 11. A Brief Overview of the Typical \"Core\" Curricular Requirements.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 12. Your Freshman Year Goal-Setting Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 13. Choosing Your Classes: Scheduling Secrets for the Freshman Year.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 14. Athletics on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 15. An Approach to Extracurricular Activities.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 16. Fraternities and Sororities: Determining Whether the Greek Life Is the Life for You.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 17. Study Habits and Time Management for the College Student.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 18. The Twenty-Three Unwritten Rules of College Etiquette.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 19. Romance on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 20. Coming Out on Campus.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 21. Setting Boundaries with Sex, Drugs, and Booze, and Other Legal Issues for the College Student.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 22. Managing Stress, Health, and Well-Being.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 23. Your First Semester Endgame: How to Approach \"Reading Period\".  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 24. Acing your Final Exams and Term Papers.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 25. Looking Behind and Looking Ahead: Assessing the Damage and Charting the Course for Your Second Semester.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 26. Transferring to Another School.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 27. Planning a Meaningful Freshman Summer: The Brainstorming Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 28. Moving Off-Campus and Managing Other Housing and Roommate Decisions.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART THREE. CONSIDERATIONS FOR SOPHOMORE YEAR.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 29. Your Sophomore Year Goal-Setting Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 30. Choosing a Major and Designing a Course of Study.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 31. Avoiding the Sophomore Slump.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 32. Planning a Meaningful Sophomore Summer: The Brainstorming Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART FOUR. CONSIDERATIONS FOR JUNIOR YEAR.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 33. Halfway Home: The Midpoint Assessment and Junior Year Goal-Setting Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 34. The Junior Year (or Semester) Abroad.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 35. Looking Ahead to \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eGraduate\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e \u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eSchool\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 36. The Junior \"Thesis\".  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 37. Planning a Meaningful Junior Summer: The Brainstorming Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART FIVE. CONSIDERATIONS FOR SENIOR YEAR.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 38. Your Senior Year Goal-Setting Workshop.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 39. \u003cst1:street w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:address w:st=\"on\"\u003eFive Ways\u003c\/st1:address\u003e\u003c\/st1:street\u003e to Avoid Senioritis.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 40. Choosing and Completing the Senior Thesis or Senior Project.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 41. Working After College.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 42. Applying to \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eGraduate\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e \u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eSchool\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 43. Finding Yourself: The Case for Taking Time Off After Graduation.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 44. Your Graduation Planning Guide.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 45. Our Parting Thoughts.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e About the Author.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Index.   \u003cb\u003eRobert H. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the critically acclaimed author of Law School Confidential and the coauthor of Business School Confidential and Med School Confidential.   Everything You Need to Know About College! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eDon't get to the end of your college career wishing you had \"figured it all out\" sooner. If you want to know what to do and what not to do to take full advantage of the opportunities for educational and social growth and success in college—this is the book for you!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampus Confidential is the ultimate insider's guide to surviving and thriving in college. Written in a friendly, conversational style, Campus Confidential offers a comprehensive, chronological treatment of the college experience by the author, a Yale graduate, and a blue-ribbon panel of fourteen diverse \"mentors\" from colleges and universities around the country. But this is not just another fluff-filled freshman handbook. Campus Confidential is the complete guide to the college experience—providing solid, road-tested advice for every stage of the process, from high school students getting ready to apply, to college seniors looking for jobs or applying to graduate school, and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampus Confidential first takes you step-by-step through the college admissions process, with chapters on how to conduct a productive college search, prepare for the SAT, write effective applications, and use the famed \"Relevance Calculus\" to choose the college that best matches your interests. It then discloses the ten things you must do before you leave home and the ten things you must do as soon as you arrive on campus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampus Confidential takes you through a goal-setting workshop at the beginning of each year of college, teaches you how to stay safe on campus, demystifies fraternities and sororities, and provides advice on living with roommates, developing effective study habits and time management strategies, choosing a major, making choices about sex, drugs, and alcohol, acing final exams and term papers, going abroad, writing a thesis, deciding what to do after college, and much, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimply put, Campus Confidential is the one \"must-have,\" complete college survival handbook that you cannot afford to be without.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988878672101,"sku":"NP9780787978556","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787978556.jpg?v=1761781887","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/campus-confidential-isbn-9780787978556","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}