The Ultimate College Survival Guide Fourth Edition

by Janet Farrar Worthington

Offers new college students advice on packing, dorm life, opening a bank account, homesickness, selecting classes, managing time, preparing for tests, extracurricular activities, dating, and choosing a major

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 1998

About the author

Janet Farrar Worthington is the author of Where's the Wine?: And Other Questions, and Bumble Creek Farm. She also is the co–author of the bestselling men’s health books, Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer and Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them, and of The Ultimate College Survival Guide.

Janet is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and is editor of Discovery and Breakthrough, two publications from Johns Hopkins. An award-winning science writer, she is the former editor of Hopkins Medical News, the alumni magazine for The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also spent six years as a commentator for the public radio program Marketplace.