Download Conquering College: A Guide for Undergraduates by Victor Cahn PDF

March 27, 2017 | College University Education

By Victor Cahn

highschool scholars obtain loads of recommendation approximately gaining admission to varsity, yet less approximately what to do once they arrive there.
More than ever, a faculty schooling represents an important funding of money and time. during this perceptive and witty consultant, written via an skilled instructor and counselor of either highschool and school scholars, Victor L. Cahn offers destiny undergraduates and their mom and dad with a blueprint for the way top to take advantage of those important 4 years.
With singular candor, he discusses the capability pitfalls and rewards of campus existence, together with the transition from highschool; the demanding situations of educational, own, and social freedom; and the possibilities provided through classes, professors, and extracurricular courses. All this data is gifted within the context of 1 principal subject: that school is guidance now not easily for a profession, yet for life.

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