Step-by-step guide to completing to each section of Common
Application now available as pre-release
eBook.
Rochester, NY, September 24, 2014 :
-- Selective College Acceptance
Counseling (SCAC) has released the workbook from our highly effective workshop,
Distinguish Yourself On the Common App,
as a self-help book for students applying to college for fall 2015
admission.
Holly Asposto, SCAC’s President and
Founder, states “I frequently meet students who are looking for support with
the Common Application but who cannot commit the time or money to enrolling in
a formal program. I always hate to send
them away empty-handed, but did not have anything I could give them that would
help them complete applications on their own.
There are a lot of books on applying to college, but none of them are
specific to the Common App, which is used by 500 colleges and 750,000 students
each year. Due to heavy academic and activity schedules, students are working
on their applications whenever they have time; often into the midnight
hour. This book provides support for
kids on their terms (something I can’t always do)”.
Distinguish
Yourself On the Common App is a
step-by-step guide for students completing the 2014-15 Common Application. It gives
specific guidance for creating a strategic plan for each college and completing
every section of the Common App including the core essay, activities page,
additional information and writing supplements. The book includes advice and
brainstorming activities for each core essay prompt, directions for creating
compelling and effective writing supplements for each college, as well as strategies
for requesting impactful letters of recommendation, and maximizing the activities
page to demonstrate not only qualification, but "fit". Distinguish Yourself on the Common App
is a must-have companion for students applying to colleges through the Common
Application. Students who have completed the workshop on which this book is
based have a 93% acceptance rate and have been accepted to UPenn, OSU,
Lafayette, University of Rochester, UW, Univ. of Washington St. Louis, UC Berkeley,
UA, Delaware, Boston University, Villanova, UVM, Drexell, Northeastern, LSE,
RIT, Cornell, University of Wisconsin-Madison and more...
The book is scheduled for nationwide
release in mid-October and will be available on Amazon, iBookstore, Barnes
& Noble NOOK Store and Kobo Bookstore. Advance
copies are available on Lulu.com for $12.99 at http://www.lulu.com/shop/holly-asposto/distinguish-yourself-on-the-common-app/ebook/product-21816957.html
Selective College Acceptance
Counseling also offers a 24-point evaluation of completed applications for
those students who want extra assurance that their applications will make a
favorable impression on college admissions reps. Asposto says, “It is time for all students to
have access to affordable, on-demand college counseling services”.
