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Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges--and Find Themselves | David L. Marcus
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An engrossing profile of an extraordinary guidance counselor who helps kids get into the right colleges through focusing on self- awareness Gwyeth Smith, known as Smitty, is a nationally renowned guidance counselor who believes that getting into college should be a kid's first great moment of self-discovery. In Acceptance, David L. Marcus, Pulitzer Prize-winning former education writer for U.S. News & World Report, spins an absorbing narrative of a year in the lives of Smitty and "his" kids. At a diverse public school in Long Island, New York, Smitty works his unique magic on students' applications and their lives, helping them find the right college by figuring out who they are, rather than focusing on what their test scores, grades, and finances reflect. Loaded with advice that readers can apply to their own college searches, Acceptance is a book that thousands of students and their parents will find indispensable.
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This was a very fast read for me. I'll have hubby and probably also son read it, too. While this book looks at the practicalities of getting into college through the eyes of an guidance counselor, it emphasizes finding the right fit. I enjoyed seeing the kids (with diverse backgrounds) navigate their way through the process of "finding themselves" as they applied to various schools and then making their final decisions.

myers85 Nice review 👍 7y
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Love how this is combining anecdotes with advice. I'm nervous about next year when son starts applying to colleges 😱

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This caught my eye -- our last kid is now a HS junior and starting to think about colleges. He's a very high achiever. Maybe I'll learn from this?

DivineDiana The more you know! 7y
AmyG Can't hurt. 7y
ValerieAndBooks @DivineDiana @AmyG so far it's interesting. Narrative non-fiction 👍 (edited) 7y
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