Download or read book A Starter Guide to College for Clueless Students & Parents written by Jake Seeger and published by Starter Guides LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Starter Guide to College for Clueless Students & Parents covers the basics and has details on the full range of college topics, including a lot of the fine print. Checklists are provided for each year of high school & for the application for each college. It is a reference book for these many details for when you need them. Use some chapters now, and come back to other chapters later, even in a year or more. Which colleges are realistic? Which are affordable? Do not count any of them out yet. Get a great degree without huge debt by making smart choices. Read about: How to get college-ready and admissions-ready; Benefits of community colleges and public colleges; Selective admissions factors and expectations; Activities, internships and sports; Practice for standardized tests and subject tests; Application checklists and procedures; Financial aid & collecost comparisons; Meeting admissions officials; and Essays and interviews. After knowing more, students and parents can better discuss and think about all these factors to decide if college is indeed the best option, and what type of college is best. The book explains the basics, and moves into detailed information that you may not need right away, but probably will use later. It has reference pages with checklists, testing rules, calendars, admissions statistics, college degree levels, and websites to use, so you don't have to look everything up. You can go back to the book again and again when you need the information. For the maze of selective college applications, admissions and choices, the Starter Guide goes from the basics to a detailed analysis of the situation, with a detailed plan of action. It points you to the some of the best information sources to complete a serious run for the Ivies and the other top 50 to top 150 colleges. As well, the benefits of community colleges, public honors colleges, public tuition discounts in nearby states, regional colleges and flagship public colleges are covered.