Tackling College Admissions (eBook)

Cheryl Paradis, Psy.D. has over twenty years of experience as a clinical psychologist working with a variety of populations, including teens and their families. She has counseled teens and their parents for psychological and academic problems, family and school issues. Dr. Paradis also specializes in treating anxiety disorders and spent fifteen years on-staff at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn's Anxiety Disorder Clinic. Her extensive research and clinical work has also included African American and Caribbean American populations. Dr. Paradis is currently an associate professor of psychology at Marymount Manhattan College and teaches courses in child development and abnormal psychology. She recently completed the second of two successful college application processes with her children.Faren R. Siminoff, J.D., Ph.D., is an attorney and historian. Currently she serves as associate professor of American history at Nassau Community College, where she regularly counsels and assists students and their parents about college transfer options and the college admissions process. In addition, many of her students are first-generation college attendees, children of immigrants as well as students with learning disabilities. Most importantly, she is the mother of a teen who is attending the college of his choice.

Part 1 Part I: Training for the RaceChapter 2 Dispelling the Three Big College MythsChapter 3 The Parent TrapChapter 4 Know the Common Challenges: Assess Your TeenPart 5 Part II: Running the RaceChapter 6 The Dreaded Countdown: College Tasks from Freshman through Senior YearChapter 7 Let the Tests Begin: Those Standardized Tests and BeyondChapter 8 Drawing Up the College List: So Many Schools, So Little TimeChapter 9 Taking It on the RoadChapter 10 Packaging for Success: The College Application and the "Extras"Chapter 11 Personal Considerations: Issues We All Think About but Don't DiscussChapter 12 Crossing the Finish Line: Making the DecisionChapter 13 Looking Back, Looking Forward