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Author: Alan Gelb
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.210kg
ISBN: 9780399578694
ISBN 10: 0399578692
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 20 June 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"Praise for Alan Gelb's Approach: ""Indispensable...Gelb provides applicants with much-needed advice as well as the confidence and skills they need to win over the admissions dean."" —Sue Wasiolek, dean of students at Duke University “Alan Gelb has done the impossible: he’s created a sane and simple process for crafting a knock-your-socks-off essay! His guide is perfect for high school students facing the most important document they will ever write. The student still has to do the work, but Gelb’s approach reduces the stress.” —Donald Asher, author of Cool Colleges and Graduate Admissions Essays “Alan’s guidance in the process of writing my college essay was invaluable. Not only did I end up with an immensely superior product than I would have without his help, I also learned, with Alan’s help, how to mine the depths of my experience to find a meaningful narrative and then convey it with a clear, coherent structure. I got in early decision to Columbia University with that essay; I am forever indebted to Alan for that.” —Josh Freed, admitted early decision to Columbia University “Taking an ordinary essay and helping to mold it into an extraordinary one is what Alan Gelb does best. [He] helped transform ... my essay into a final draft that could stand out amongst an elite crowd.” —Megan S. Steven, PhD, one of Alan’s first students, admitted to Dartmouth for undergrad and awarded a Rhodes scholarship; now a faculty member with the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College “Alan Gelb saved us by working with our daughters to help them understand what works in a college essay. My daughters’ admissions to Brown and Macalester were enormously helped by his advice.” —Jane Hirschmann, parent"
Praise for the previous editions: Indispensable...Gelb provides applicants with much-needed advice as well as the confidence and skills they need to win over the admissions dean. --Sue Wasiolek, dean of students at Duke University A sane and simple process for crafting a knock-your-socks-off essay...Perfect for high school students facing the most important document they will ever write. --Donald Asher, author of Cool Colleges and Graduate Admissions Essays
Author Information
ALAN GELB is a college essay coach and professional writer whose clients include colleges and universities across the country. He is the author of The Complete Student, A Survival Guide for Students, and Most Likely to Succeed, among others.
