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The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions: Strategies for Helicoptering, Hot-housing & Micromanaging
by
J.D. Rothman (Goodreads Author)
Admissions rates of 6%? Kids applying to 32 colleges? Sixteenyear-olds with more impressive resumes than Fortune 500
CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind?
Why yes, it has! The college admissions process now sucks
approximately 1250% more time, money and psychic energy than
it did when today’s parents were going through the same process.
Thank God author J.D. Rothman is here to sh...more
CEOs? Has the nation lost its mind?
Why yes, it has! The college admissions process now sucks
approximately 1250% more time, money and psychic energy than
it did when today’s parents were going through the same process.
Thank God author J.D. Rothman is here to sh...more
Paperback, First Edition, 256 pages
Published
March 1st 2012
by Prospect Park Media
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To my surprise, I rather liked this book. I have worked in college admissions for quite some time (and am currently an independent college counselor, among other pursuits), and typically find books about the field to be misleading, redundant or annoying. This "guide" is genuinely funny, and a fast read. But it is in no sense a guide to anything.
But I am not the parent of a prospective college student, and cannot figure out why someone who is in that situation would read this. Maybe after the pro...more
But I am not the parent of a prospective college student, and cannot figure out why someone who is in that situation would read this. Maybe after the pro...more
What I really loved about this book: the design. Kudos to the book designer; the layout, the cover, the graphics, and the diagrams were very spiffy and easy on the eye.
Now, unfortunately, for the negatives. Well, I got this as part of a Goodreads Giveaway, so I'm not really a member of the book's targeted audience. I mean, I should be because I am a high school senior and will be attending college in the fall. However, it feels like this book is more for those who are interested in attending mor...more
Now, unfortunately, for the negatives. Well, I got this as part of a Goodreads Giveaway, so I'm not really a member of the book's targeted audience. I mean, I should be because I am a high school senior and will be attending college in the fall. However, it feels like this book is more for those who are interested in attending mor...more
Pick this book up, open it to any page, read a little bit, then laugh. It's really funny, actually laugh-out-loud funny, and if you're dealing with the stress of trying to get your kid (or even yourself) into college, you're going to need all the laughs you can get!
Couldn't put it down! Laughed and laughed and laughed! Any parent can see something of themselves in this book and it really helped me relax, knowing we all share this temporary insanity!
Mar 25, 2012
Peter
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Any parent who thinks their kid is going to go college.
A very funny book about a very stressful topic. Something on every page made me laugh out loud.
For a parent who has a daughter starting college soon and another entering high school, this book was hilarious, refreshing, and a nice change of pace from all of the straight laced resources out there for college bound parents. This should be a must have book for all 9th grade parents.
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J.D. Rothman, a former instructor of remedial freshman composition, is an Emmy-winning children's television writer, producer and lyricist. While on an eight-state college tour with her older son, she started the anonymous NeuroticParent blog, which was excerpted in "I'm Going to College, Not You" (St. Martins Press, 2010). Rothman grew up in Brooklyn, and resided in several Latin American countri...more
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