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Below is a short list of the many titles in the VSAC Resource Center library. These titles and
many more may be borrowed either by visiting the center in Winooski or by requesting an interlibrary loan through your school or public library.
378.1 Barron. Kaufman, Dan. Essays That Will Get You Into College. Hauppauge,
NY: Barron’s. Reveals what college admissions staff look for, and offers tips and
strategies for planning and writing the perfect essay.
378.1 Bauld, Harry. On Writing the College Application Essay. New York: Harper
& Row. Contains information to help students get into the colleges of their choice;
includes sample essays of students and professional writers.
378.1 Cohen, Katherine. Rock Hard Apps: How to Write a Killer College
Application. New York: Hyperion. Critiques the before-and-after college applications
of three students from different walks of life; covers courses and grades, standardized
tests, the importance of a “brag sheet” (a list of honors and activities), personal essays,
recommendation letters, and interviews.
378.1 Curry, Boykin. Essays That Worked for College Applications: 50 Essays That
Helped Students Get Into the Nation’s Top Colleges. 1st Ballantine Books edition,
revised and updated. New York: Ballantine Books. Presents 50 successful college
admissions essays rated as among the best by admissions staff at some of the top
colleges in the United States, with comments.
378.1 Ehrenhaft, George. Writing a Successful College Application Essay: The Key
to College Admission. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s. Explains how to write a college
admissions essay — choosing a topic, planning and writing a draft, and revising;
includes sample essays and essay topics from more than 50 colleges.
378.1 Fiske, Edward. Fiske Real College Essays That Work. Naperville, IL:
Sourcebooks, Inc. Explains how to write an effective college admissions essay;
covers openers and closers, narrative, writer’s block, and dos and don’ts; presents
109 successful student essays, arranged by subject.
378.1 Hernández, Michele. Acing the College Application: How to Maximize Your
Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice. New York: Ballantine Books.
Provides a step-by-step approach to the college application process, featuring a lineby-line look at the Common Application, a discussion of the admissions essay, and
advice on seeking recommendations; includes anecdotes and examples.
378.1 Melnik, Jan. One-Hour College Application Essay: Write Your College
Admission Essay Today. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Publishing, Inc. Reveals the author’s
process for crafting an effective college admissions essay, including quick-start
strategies, useful worksheets, and advice from college admissions staff.
378.1 McGinty, Sarah Myers. The College Application Essay. Revised edition. New
York: College Board. Contains comprehensive guidance on writing effective college
admissions essays — provides instruction on essay structure and style; sheds light on
the way college admissions staff read essays; and includes sample essays written by real
students, in addition to more than 50 actual application questions.
378.1 Paradis, Cheryl. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Provides advice geared
specifically toward parents, with strategies and management skills to help their teens
successfully move through the college admissions process.
378.1 Peterson. Stewart, Mark A. Best College Admission Essays. 3rd edition.
Lawrenceville, NJ: Thomson/Peterson’s. Presents 50 successful sample college
admissions essays, along with essay dos and don’ts and tips from admission staff.
378.1 PR. College Essays That Made a Difference. New York: The Princeton
Review. Features real-life essays written by applicants to the nation’s top-tier schools,
as well as complete application profiles of more than 100 students (including test
scores, GPAs, and where they were accepted and where they weren’t).
378.1 Rankin, Estelle. McGraw-Hill’s Writing an Outstanding College Application
Essay. New York: McGraw-Hill. Presents information on planning and writing a
first draft, exploring life experiences for essay topics, using self-interviews to create
unique essays, and tweaking an essay to fit different colleges.
378.1 Starkey, Lauren B. Goof-Proof College Admissions Essays. New York:
LearningExpress. Provides 41 simple rules and models to help students write college
admissions essays; includes tips for proper spelling and grammar, correct style, and
clear, concise writing.
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