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#1 Before you jump into new areas such as work, money, and relationships, you must first clarify your values and goals. This will help you make big decisions and find your footing when you feel unsatisfied, unfulfilled, or lost.
#2 Life gets overwhelming for me when I think about committing to something like good health, a relationship, or a house for the rest of my...
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#1 Imagine a box with a set of objects in it that represent your fundamental qualities. Imagine that each object is more than just an object. To help you figure out your essence, imagine a box with a set of objects in it that represent your fundamental qualities. Each object is more than just an object.
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Get the Summary of Ron Lieber's The Price You Pay for College in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective private colleges will spend triple - over $300,000. With the same passion, smarts, and...
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Book Preview: #1 The American college system is extremely expensive, and while it is still considered necessary for advancement, it has become far more risky in terms of the likely career payoffs.
#2 Despite the media's obsession with the supposed skills shortage, employers actually seem relatively uninterested in academic skills. They want the skills that come from experience on...
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#1 College today is a drain on your family's time, your sanity, and your wallet. It's a meaningless, expensive form of indoctrination. If going to college doesn't make you rich, then it's not worth it.
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Book Preview: #1 Bill Royall, the man who changed the way colleges marketed to teenagers, was hired by Hampden-Sydney College in 1988. He found that too many colleges waited for students to contact them instead of flooding the market with mailings to generate interest.
#2 Colleges and universities spend $10 billion annually on recruiting students, mostly with old-fashioned direct...
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#1 The conventional wisdom that you should go to college immediately after high school is flawed. It is impossible to apply a universal life plan to the millions of unique American individuals, and college is just plain wrong and by default screws up the remaining advice.
#2 The truth is that most teenagers are not prepared to make major life decisions, such as...
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#1 The man deficit is the perceived shortage of college-educated men, and it is often blamed on women not being able to find men who are willing to commit. But what if the problem is not strategic. What if most of the good men are taken.
#2 The dating market is not good for college-educated women, as the number of men outnumbering women is staggering. The situation...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: There are many guides out there for college students that completely misrepresent what modern college life is like or fail to provide them with the tools they need to succeed.
Cal Newport's “How to Become a Straight-A Student” (2006) sets the record straight on how to enjoy your college experience while also getting the grades you want. One of the main keys to Newport's...
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#1 I was a beer-drinking, girl-chasing, hell-raising frat boy who became a Christ follower midway through college. I was confused about where to go church, so I went to the church closest to my college campus. It turned out to be empty. Then I met some Christians who invited me to church, and I accepted.
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#1 When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I was a senior at Ripon College, in Ripon, Wisconsin, expecting to complete my bachelor of arts studies and look forward to graduating the following June. I was assigned to duty with the army on 8 June 1942.
#2 I had graduated from high school in 1934, and in August 1934 I heard that the Civilian Conservation Corps provided...
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Get the Summary of Hua Hsu's Stay True in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Stay True" by Hua Hsu is a memoir that intertwines Hsu's college experiences, his friendship with Ken, and the immigrant narrative. Hsu reminisces about his college days at Berkeley, filled with late-night drives, music, and the search for identity. He reflects on the paradox of time, the significance of photographs, and the bond with his...
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#1 I had been placed with four other freshmen in Hill House: Santos, Gabe, Max, and Kyle. The suite came to resemble a ruinous, burgeoning landfill. I felt out of place, constantly anxious. I wasn't cut out for college.
#2 I was accepted to Sarah Lawrence, a college my mom had gone to. I was one of the least weird people there, and the unofficial school slogan was, We're...
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Get the Summary of Ed O'Bannon & Michael McCann's Court Justice in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
In 2009, Ed O'Bannon, once a star for the 1995 NCAA Champion UCLA Bruins and a first-round NBA draft pick, thought he'd made peace with the NCAA's exploitive system of "amateurism." College athletes generated huge profits, yet—training nearly full-time, forced to tailor coursework around sports, often pawns in...
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#1 You can't sell yourself short if you've got a correct vision of yourself. If you're tired of doing the same things in the same way, you can decide to leave behind the life of mediocrity and pursue a life of greatness.
#2 Life passed me by, and I found myself questioning whether what I'm doing matters at all. I'm tempted to quit my job and try my luck elsewhere. I...
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#1 I had been on the job for a few months when I was assigned the task of voting on early decision applications. The process seemed straightforward, but actually voting-that was another story. The thing is, when it comes to college admissions, there are no clear-cut answers. No easy answers. The decision-making process is a messy, complicated, and imprecise art. The...
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#1 Sandra's father, Harry Day, wanted to go to college. He thought he'd go to Stanford after serving in World War I. But just as he set out for college, his father died, leaving his parched and dusty family ranch in southeast Arizona in terrible financial straits.
#2 Sandra Day O'Connor, who was only child, had a sense of entitlement that was typical of straight white...
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#1 Kenyon College is a small, liberal arts school in Ohio. It was given a $75 million donation in 2017 to build a new West Quad, which included a new admissions office. The school is known for its rich and diverse student body, but one of its neighbors is the last remaining source of good blue-collar jobs in the area.
#2 The students at Kenyon College, a small liberal...
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Book Preview: #1 I borrowed a VCR and struggled with the puzzle of plugs and cords. I pushed one tape in, and it started with Christmas in 1984. I saw a four-year-old girl in a velvet dress, her little neck swallowed by an enormous white lace collar. She had thick, straight-across bangs and braided pigtails.
#2 My father was a brilliant man who had spent his life immersed in tropical...
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Book Preview: #1 Ben and Jerry were two of the chubbiest kids in their seventh-grade gym class. They were lagging far behind the other runners, and Ben didn't have much self-confidence. But he was extremely bright.
#2 Ben was a typical suburban kid who enjoyed hanging out with his friends and going on cruises in his father's car. He was not very interested in academics, but he applied...
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