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Acing the College Application: How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice (Acing the College Application)
With so many qualified applicants, competition for college admissions is fiercer than ever. Now you can put yourself ahead of the pack by making your application flawless!
When applying for college, good grades and high standardized test scores are not always enough to guarantee admission. What sets you apart, argues Michele Hernández, is the way you describe yourself in your application. But how do you present yourself with flair, and highlight all your talents, skills, and passions, in just a few pages? A former assistant director of admissions at Dartmouth College, Dr. Hernández takes you step-by-step through the entire application process, revealing the details that make or break an applicant. From the multitude of short and longer essays to the myriad of charts, lists, and personal data sections, she offers essential advice, useful anecdotes, and vivid examples. Included are: • A line-by-line look at the common application • The truth about the essays, with samples of those that made the grade • The best way to ask for teacher and guidance counselor recommendations • When to provide colleges with optional essays and peer evaluations • The ten common myths and misconceptions of the on-campus interview • The most meaningful academic subjects, work experience, and extracurricular activities to mention • Early action versus early decision—the trade offs With this helpful, savvy book, prospective college students—and their parents and counselors—can now vastly improve their chances of getting into the college of their choice. “Want to scale the Ivy wall? Michele Hernández gives you the tools to do it. This brisk, no-nonsense book is built on inside dope, and Hernández’s experience allows her to challenge conventional admissions thinking.”
—HARRY BAULD
Author of On Writing the College Application Essay
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The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk
“Bernstein has become a guru to a peculiarly ’90s group: well-educated, Internet-powered people intent on investing well—and with minimal ‘help’ from professional Wall Street.” --Robert Barker, BusinessWeek William Bernstein is one of today’s most unlikely financial heroes. A practicing neurologist, he used his self-taught investment knowledge and research to build a popular investor’s website. Now, in the plain-spoken The Intelligent Asset Allocator, he shows independent investors how to build a diversified portfolio—without the help of a financial advisor. A breath of fresh air for investors tired of overly technical investment tomes, this book will help investors: - Learn the risk/reward characteristics of various investment types
- Understand and apply portfolio theory for an improved risk/reward ratio
- Sharpen their focus, and take control of their investment programs
William Bernstein runs a website—www.efficientfrontier.com—known for its quarterly journal of asset allocation and portfolio theory, Efficient Frontier..
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Rich Dad's Advisors: The ABC's of Property Management: What You Need to Know to Maximize Your Money Now (Rich Dad's Advisors)
So you've made your investment, now the question is: how are you going to sustain it? make it grow? maximize its potential? One word: management Hundreds of thousands know Ken McElroy as real estate investment tycoon, and according to him, sound property management is the cornerstone of his success. Now, he reveals the most important principles of property management his new audiobook. You'll learn:
- When to manage your own property and when to hire someone else to do it
- How to implement the right systems and structures for you
- How to manage cashflow
- A month in the life of an owner manager
- How to find a good property manager (and avoid the bad ones)
- How to assemble a superior management team
- and more.
The unofficial, but totally necessary, sequel to The ABC's of Real Estate Investing and The Best Kept Secrets of Real Estate Investing, THE ABC'S OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT will fill an important slot in both the Rich Dad's Advisor series, as well as in the general business marketplace. .
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The All-New Atkins Advantage: The 12-Week Low-Carb Program to Lose Weight, Achieve Peak Fitness and Health, and Maximize Your Willpower to Reach Life Goals
The proven diet that will slim you down, get you exercising, and change your life The All-New Atkins Advantage is more than a diet: it features the Atkins proven-effective weight loss program in a 12-week, step-by-step plan, including instructions on how to incorporate healthy exercise into your life as well as guidance on maintaining the motivation to stick with the diet and exercise program. Each week builds on the one before it to raise your level of competence and confidence: Week 1: Combat cravings for sugars and starches with tasty, low-carb alternatives like veal parmesan and trout almondine. Week 4: Achieve peak fitness with the Atkins approach to exercise. Fully illustrated stretching, cardio, and strength training plans will get you energized. Week 6: Start an Atkins journal to maintain your motivation and continue your enthusiasm and success. Week 9: Get out of your lunch rut! Go out for a special but speedy meal at a restaurant, instead of the nearby deli. Week 12: All the work you’ve done thus far has prepared you for this moment: the beginning of the rest of your life! Turn your life around and give yourself a dietary, exercise, and lifestyle makeover with THE ALL-NEW ATKINS ADVANTAGE. The All-New Atkins Advantage will allow you to enjoy a wider variety of foods, tailor an individualized exercise plan, and do Atkins your way. The step-by-step program is designed to allow you to move at your own pace. Part I introduces you to the basics of the Atkins program, from a list of foods you'll want to have on hand to mental exercises to get you motivated. Part II features the 12-week Atkins Advantage Program, including a fitness component that allows you to design your own workout, no matter what your level of fitness. Part III includes 12 weeks' worth of delicious daily meal plans at varying carbohydrate levels. At the end of the twelve weeks, you will have changed the way you eat and become healthier, slimmer, and happier. STUART L. TRAGER, M.D. is a board certified orthopedic surgeon. He is an eight-time Ironman and a top ten finisher at the Ultraman World Championship who credits the Atkins Nutritional Approach for helping him achieve peak fitness and health. COLETTE HEIMOWITZ, M.Sc., has been featured on national television networks such as NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC, and on radio programs across the country. .
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A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading: How to Maximize Profits in 3 Days to 3 Weeks
Are you tired of playing the "buy-and-hope" game with your stocks? Savvy stock trader Toni Turner shows you the ins and outs and ups and downs of short-term trading. You'll learn how to buy and sell stocks on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis, so you own the right stocks at the right time. Turner's clear, common-sense advice, easy-to-follow explanations, and helpful examples will help you invest in the exciting and profitable world of short-term trading quickly and safely. In this revised edition, you'll get completely up-to-date information on: - New products such as ETFs and expanded coverage on sector investing
- Resources for choosing an online broker
- New SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) rules and regulations
- Updated charts and graphs with current examples
A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading is the hands-on book designed to get you actively involved in every step of the trading process. Now you can take control of your portfolio and secure the financial freedom you've always dreamed of. Start planning your trades today!.
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Total Heart Rate Training: Customize and Maximize Your Workout Using a Heart Rate Monitor
Total Heart Rate Training shows anyone participating in aerobic sports, from novice to expert, how to increase the effectiveness of his or her workout. It's like having a personal trainer guide the reader step-by-step during exercise. By following the author's carefully constructed program and utilizing a heart rate monitor, readers can coach themselves — knowing when to push harder and when to back off. This guide teaches readers how to use the latest tools, including training analysis software and new high-tech intensity measuring devices, for precise training that practically guarantees success while minimizing the chance of injury. The author also makes it easy to use new gizmos such as power meters and GPS units that allow readers to compare the body's input, as measured by heart rate, with output. Section for novices show how to use a heart rate monitor for the first time while chapters aimed at experienced athletes describe how to gain that extra competitive edge thanks to heart rate training. .
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Making Your Small Farm Profitable: Apply 25 Guiding Principles/Develop New Crops & New Markets/Maximize Net Profits Per Acre
This practical, step-by-step guide to operating a small farm in the new millennium examines 20 alternative farming enterprises. Readers will learn how to target niche markets and sustain a farm's biological and economic health..
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