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Author : Don Dunbar
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 1592403026
A veteran counselor identifies key mistakes that can lead to college admissions rejections, explaining the importance of character in helping applicants to stand out among fellow high school students. Original.
Author : Don Dunbar,G.F. Lichtenberg
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-05
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781440623592
In the tradition of The Gatekeepers, a veteran counselor provides the missing key to the college admissions door with insider wisdom about how admissions committees think, and the thirteen fatal mistakes that can ruin an application. When Don Dunbar was a college counselor for Phillips Academy, Andover, in the 1980s, he got to sit in on the meetings where the nation’s top colleges decided whether to admit his students. Prep school counselors no longer get this kind of astonishing access, but in those meetings, Don discovered a little-known key to college admissions that still holds true today. Many applicants look alike, based on their grades, test scores, and extracurriculars, so colleges want something more: They want applicants with character. Most of us know what character means, but not in the way that admissions officers define it. Admissions officers have tremendous integrity, and to them, character equals what a student will contribute to his or her community, good or bad, over the next four years. Don explains the concept of character in terms that high school students can understand, using examples from his thirty years of working with kids. He shows readers how to avoid the thirteen fatal character mistakes that even the brightest students make when applying to college and democratizes the admissions process, making his advice available to all students.
Author : G. F. Lichtenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : College applications
ISBN : 1436278414
Author : Randy Pausch
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401395513
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic. "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull over the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave—"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"—wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have . . . and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : WISC:89072344179
Author : Tom Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : English fiction
ISBN : HARVARD:HNN9A9
Author : New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration,New York (State). Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Arbitration, Industrial
ISBN : CORNELL:31924054076645
Author : Anthony Abraham Jack
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674239661
An NPR Favorite Book of the Year Winner of the Critics’ Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association Winner of the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award Winner of the CEP–Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship “Eye-opening...Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions.” —Washington Post “Jack’s investigation redirects attention from the matter of access to the matter of inclusion...His book challenges universities to support the diversity they indulge in advertising.” —New Yorker “The lesson is plain—simply admitting low-income students is just the start of a university’s obligations. Once they’re on campus, colleges must show them that they are full-fledged citizen.” —David Kirp, American Prospect “This book should be studied closely by anyone interested in improving diversity and inclusion in higher education and provides a moving call to action for us all.” —Raj Chetty, Harvard University The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors—and their coffers—to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In this bracing exposé, Anthony Jack shows that many students’ struggles continue long after they’ve settled in their dorms. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This powerfully argued book documents how university policies and campus culture can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why some students are harder hit than others.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11361763
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : England
ISBN : IOWA:31858021732437
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Humanities
ISBN : UOM:39015009222525
Author : Josh Kaufman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101623046
Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Author : Gertrude Warden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002090137G
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : English drama
ISBN : UCAL:B3123447
Author : Ellen Olney Kirk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2IMQ