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1) Moo: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes “an uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest" (The New York Times).
In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and...
In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Catherine House is a school of higher learning like no other. Hidden deep in the woods of rural Pennsylvania, this crucible of reformist liberal arts study with its experimental curriculum, wildly selective admissions policy, and formidable endowment, has produced some of the world's best minds: prize-winning authors, artists, inventors, Supreme Court justices, presidents. For those lucky few selected, tuition, room, and board are free. But acceptance...
3) College admission 101: simple answers to tough questions about college admissions and financial aid
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
x, 194 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From a highly regarded feminist, cultural critic, and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality. Feminism is broken, argues Laura Kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking American campuses is a sign of gender progress. A committed feminist, Kipnis was surprised to find herself the object of a protest march by...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Two LGBTQ alumni follow a handful of LGBTQ and SAME-SEX ATTRACTED students at LDS-owned Brigham Young University as rumors of a potential relationship between the administration and the school's unofficial student GSA spread around campus.
6) Sanctum
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Plagued by nightmares from their summer in the Brookline asylum, Dan, Abby, and Jordan return to New Hampshire College for a prosective students weekend, only to find themselves caught in a dark and dangerous mystery"--
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Forty-ninth edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 1690 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Peterson's® Four-Year Colleges 2019 is a valuable resource that includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada, more than 2,500 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written by admissions personnel for over 140 colleges and universities. College-bound students and their parents can access details including campus setting, enrollment, academic programs, entrance difficulty,...
Publisher
U.S. News & World Report L.P
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
2020 edition.
Physical Desc
164, D-175 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges book is the longest-running and most quoted guide to undergraduate study in the United States -- with exclusive in-depth rankings; expert advice on choosing, getting into, and paying for college; and a directory of nearly 1,600 schools.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her substitute teacher realizes she is struggling in math, Judy is sent to a math tutor at the local college and soon is completely into the spirit of college life.
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Each year 3 million high school students in the U.S. take an SAT or ACT college entrance exam. For decades there have been questions about what exactly these tests measure and how predictive they are of academic promise or success.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
v, 218 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in this book, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students...
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 137
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Aldens visit a university campus, they must solve a mystery involving an old library whose stone gargoyles seem to move on their own.
15) Valedictorians at the gate: standing out, getting in, and staying sane while applying to college
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 217 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A former Ivy League admissions officer shares her stories from the frontlines of the admissions wars and offers advice on how to stand out, get in, and, most importantly, stay true to yourself as you prepare for college"--
Sabky looks beyond the smoke and mirrors of the intimidating admissions gauntlet and places the power firmly where it should be: in the hands of the students themselves. Offering prescriptive, actionable advice for students and...
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Seventh edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 256 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"What separates a scholarship winner from a runner-up? In most cases it's the scholarship essay or interview. This book shows you how to craft a winning essay and deliver a powerful interview."--Back cover.
17) Some Freaks
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen. *"What seems like an ordinary teenage comedy about cliques and bullying on the surface is actually a modestly perceptive and touching glimpse into the ways in which we transition from adolescence into adulthood." - Todd Jorgenson, **Cinemalogue***...
Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Forty-ninth edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A guide to over 1,700 two-year colleges provides students with school profiles focusing on academics, majors, tuition, application requirements, and student life, with a state-by-state comparison chart.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (222 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
COLLEGE BEHIND BARS is the story of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees in the rigorous Bard Prison Initiative. The four-part documentary series reveals the transformative power of education.
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