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A completely revised and updated values-based guide full of practical tools and advice that students need to navigate the first year of college and get the most out of their experience. In the twelve years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped tens of thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However, much has changed on campuses. Culture changes, the ubiquity of social media, and the arrival of ""hybrid"" or remote learning have all added new layers of complexity to the leap from high school to college. The Freshman Survival Guide's newest updated edition features new research on issues such as mental health, sexual assault, and finding balance. It also features expanded sections on: - gender and race relations on campus - online learning - dating - and money management Of the approximately 2.5 million college freshmen each year, one in three won't make it to sophomore year. Combining relatable and relevant stories from hundreds of college students and insightful interviews with professors, deans, and other campus and community leaders, The Freshman Survival Guide focuses on how incoming first-year students can prepare themselves for the biggest change they've encountered in their lives: heading off to college.

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"""The Freshman Survival Guide is essential reading...this book will help you think about those majoy issues that aren't on the campus tour, but that can make or break your college experience.""--Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses ""In today's turbulent waters, everybody needs a lifeline; The Freshman Survival Guide offers one that's reliable, smart, and engaging. I'll send the book to friends with this advice: Read it. Trust it. Use it.""--Michael Gilligan, President, Henry Luce Foundation ""Incoming freshman looking for something more than a party guide to their new home will appreciate this book being available to them.""--School Library Journal"

"""The Freshman Survival Guide is an invaluable resource for a first-year student. Grounded in experience and a discerning approach to education, it will equip you with the resources, tips and powerful insights you need to embark upon a successful first year.""--Conor O'Kane, Assistant Dean for First Year Students, Fordham University ""The Freshman Survival Guide is a strikingly clever work from Bradbury and McGarvey in which the potentially tremulous first weeks of college life are dissected into 25 must know survival tips. From healthy relationship building to avoiding the disastrous pull of procrastination, the guide colorfully dispenses common sense and holistic development. The newest members of any college community will find in this guide a wonderful blend of down-to-earth advice and answers to the deepest of life questions. It is not afraid to address the big life questions of faith, service, the meaning of life, and one's spiritual journey. I cannot think of a better gift to give a son or daughter, a niece or nephew, a godchild or grandchild who is heading off to college.""--Michael Galligan-Stierle, Ph.D., President, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities ""College students arrive on campus with impressive resumes and advanced academic skills. Many, however, do not have the ability to confront the profound questions of meaning, values, or spirituality that will face them as they enter the adult world. This book makes an important contribution to helping college students navigate these defining moments.""--Wayne L. Firestone, President, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life ""Every young person goes to college with a computer--and now they need to go with The Freshman Survival Guide.""--Bob McCarty, Executive Director, National Federation of Youth Ministry"

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Nora Bradbury-Haehl is a writer for teens and twenty-somethings and a twenty-year veteran of youth ministry. She has a unique perspective into the challenges they face, their fears and concerns, and the risks involved in beginning college. Bill McGarvey--an award-winning writer and producer--is the former editor-in-chief of the BustedHalo.com, where The Freshman Survival Guide first appeared. He has written and commented extensively on topics of culture, politics and religion for the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Daily News, The Nation, NPR, BBC, SiriusXM, Salon, Democracy Now, Vatican News, Commonweal, Time Out New York, The Tablet (London) and Factual (Spain).

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