Teens' Guide to College & Career Planning

by Peterson's

Peterson's Teens' Guide to College & Career Your High School Roadmap to College & Career Success is the must-have eBook for middle school and high school students as they prepare for life after graduation. Whether you're heading to a four-year college, a community or two-year college, the military, or the workforce, Teens' Guide to College & Career Planning offers expert advice and tools to help you succeed. Chapters include The Big Jump to High School, The First Steps to a Career, Planning Your Education While in High School, Tackling the Tests (ACT, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, and TOEFL), The College Search, Applying to College, Financial Aid Dollars and Sense, Other Options After High School, The Military Option, Jump into Work, Survival Skills, and more. Throughout the book, you'll find real-life advice from students, guidance counselors, parents, and college admissions counselors; helpful checklists and worksheets to help keep you organized; essential information to help you decide if the military is right for you; expert financial aid advice and information on scholarships, grants, athletic awards, loans, work-study, and more. Fun graphics along with the informative, easy-to-read chapters make this the perfect guide for the teen on the go.

172 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 11, 2008

Reviews

[Diz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The sections on high school and applying for university are quite good, but in the second half of the book loses its focus on college prep. There is a lot of information about NOT going to college. The book presents applying to college as a difficult process (which it is), but presents non-college options as much easier without talking about the downsides of not going to college that much. So, if your child is wavering between going to college or doing something else, this might encourage them not to go to college. If you really want your kids to go to college, it would probably be better to choose a book with a tighter focus on college prep.

[Vandry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loaded with information, resources, worksheets, charts, and just damn-good advice. A MUST have for every high-school student; they really cover it all. As a college counselor, I plan to incorporate much of this book in my curriculum. Thank you Perterson's.

[Bamidele Ayomide]

I love this book

[Natalia]

I cannot rate this book as I only flipped through the pages. It is a large format, has grey thin pages and feels rather drab. I think it will be boring and overwhelming for a middle schooler going to high school to whom it is intended. I may consider looking at it again closer to when my child in 8th grade but only if there is an updated edition. The latest one on Amazon is 2012. Another note: this is for students not their parents. I did not find any new information for me there. On the other hand, child might find it useful as a reference guide, but I am afraid most children will not open it again after first glance at it.