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From the author of What Colleges Don't Tell You, a plan to help parents of middle and early high school students prepare their kids for the best collegesIn order to succeed in the fiercely competitive college admissions game, you need a game plan - and you have to start young. In this empowering guide, Elizabeth Wissner- Gross, a nationally sought-after college "packager," helps parents of seventh to tenth graders create a long-term plan that, come senior year, will allow their kids to virtually write their own ticket into their choice of schools.Parents should start by helping their kids identify their academic passions, then design a four-year strategy based on those interests. The book details hundreds of opportunities available to make kids stand out that most high school guidance counselors and teachers simply don't know about or don't think to share. This indispensable guide should be required reading for any parent whose child dreams of attending one of the country's top colleges.



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Elizabeth Wissner-Gross

Elizabeth Wissner-Gross has been studying educational strategies for more than 30 years, and has offered private consulting to families, schools, educational programs and school districts for the past decade. Before consulting, she worked as a professional journalist, writing and editing for Newsday, the Associated Press and the Daily News of Los Angeles. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times and other newspapers throughout the world. Her articles and columns have focused on children s media, family travel, educational daytrips, and extra-curricular education, as she explored new opportunities for her own two sons, Alex and Zach.
In addition to writing What Colleges Don't Tell You (Hudson Street Press/Penguin, 2006) , she is also the author of Unbiased: Editing in a Diverse Society (Iowa State University, 1999) , a resource for journalists and other communicators seeking to embrace fairness in their usage.
A graduate of Barnard College (where she studied Political Science and Education) and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has taught college, graduate school, guest-lectured and led parent workshops for schools and community groups, and presented her work before national organizations including the National Association of Gifted Children.
She has been very actively involved in public education on Long Island, including chairing a school district parent committee on gifted and talented education for 15 years.
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross resides with her husband of 30 years, Sigmund Wissner-Gross, an attorney, in Great Neck, NY and Bloomfield, CT, Visit her blog at www.Whatcollegesdonttellyou.com



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