CHS University Resource List
The following is a suggested reading list for students and parents
College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family
By Steven Roy Goodman, Andrea Leiman
Published by Capital Books, 2007
ISBN 1933102543, 9781933102542
181 pages
How to Write a Winning College Application Essay
By Michael James Mason, Michael Mason
Edition: 4, illustrated
Published by Prima Pub., 2000
ISBN 0761524266, 9780761524267
207 pages
How to Survive Getting Into College: By Hundreds
of Students Who Did
By Rachel Korn
Contributor Rachel Korn
Edition: illustrated
Published by Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC, 2006
ISBN 1933512059, 9781933512051
240 pages
How to Survive Getting Your Kid Into College: By
Hundreds of Happy Parents Who Did
By Rachel Korn
Contributor Rachel Korn
Edition: illustrated
Published by Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC, 2007
ISBN 1933512113, 9781933512112
256 pages
Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10
Steps: Crafting a Winning Personal Statement
By Alan Gelb
Published by Ten Speed Press, 2008
ISBN 1580089100, 9781580089104
193 pages
My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by
Becoming a Student
By Rebekah Nathan
Published by Cornell University Press, 2005
ISBN 0801443970, 9780801443978
186 pages
Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to
Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and
Beyond
By Marilee Jones, Kenneth R. Ginsburg, Martha M.
Jablow
Contributor Martha M. Jablow
Edition: illustrated
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
ISBN 1581102305, 9781581102307
235 pages
Winning the College Admission Game: Stratgies for
Parents & Students
By Peter Van Buskirk
Edition: illustrated
Published by Peterson's, 2007
ISBN 076892491X, 9780768924916
280 pages
Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their
Minds
By Richard J. Light
Published by Harvard Univ Pr, 2004
ISBN 067401359X, 9780674013599
256 pages
Campus Visits & College Interviews: A Complete
Guide for College-bound Students and Their Families
By Zola Dincin Schneider
Edition: 2, revised, illustrated
Published by College Board, The, 2002
ISBN 0874476755, 9780874476750
125 pages
Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need
to Know About Getting Into College
By Sally P. Springer , Marion R. Franck
Published by Jossey-Bass, 2009
ISBN 9780470481219
294 pages
The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids
in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow
Up
By Barbara K. Hofer, Abigail Sullivan Moore
Published by Simons & Schuster, 2010
ISBN 9781439148297
257 pages
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