Roadmap For College Admissions

Bina Chandrasekhara, M.B.A., has dedicated most of her professional life volunteering in school and community activities such as Maryland Food Bank, where she served as chairperson and the Wicomico County Medical Alliance, where she served as president. For eight consecutive years she has been committed to her children's high school experience, dealing first-hand with the daunting, yet gratifying challenges of college admissions, in which time she has gained an enormous wealth of knowledge about the intricacies of the admissions process.Vinay Chandrasekhara is a medical student at the University of Virginia, where he serves as the vice-president of his class and is a member of the basic science curriculum committee. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the freshman heavyweight crew team and a volunteer at a local public elementary school; he coordinated student volunteers for the Boston Marathon and organized campus-wide service events to help the homeless.Sheila Chandrasekhara is majoring in government at Harvard College where she is an active member of the Mock Trial team and is involved in the community service program City Step, which is a program that teaches children self-expression and self-confidence through dance. She is a recipient of the Girl Scout Gold Award and has founded the Youth Foundation Fund in her hometown of Salisbury, Maryland, the mission of which is to help children by creating awareness of giving and by establishing and supporting organizations that promote youth betterment.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 1 College Planner for Students and Parents, Grades Nine through TwelveChapter 5 2 Standardized TestsChapter 6 3 Advanced Placement Testing and CoursesChapter 7 4 Tips for Test TakingChapter 8 5 Steps in Choosing a CollegeChapter 9 6 College VisitsChapter 10 7 The InterviewChapter 11 8 The ApplicationChapter 12 9 Early Decision and Early ActionChapter 13 10 Extracurricular ActivitiesChapter 14 11 The EssayChapter 15 12 Recommendation LettersChapter 16 13 The Guidance CounselorChapter 17 14 Hiring and Independent CounselorChapter 18 15 The Wait ListChapter 19 16 Time ManagementChapter 20 Appendix: College Supply ListChapter 21 Works CitedChapter 22 About the Authors

This is a comprehensive guide that leaves nothing out. Both students and their parents will find information that is immediately helpful and also reassuring: look no further for everything you ever wanted to know about getting into the college of your choice.