About the Author
Photo by Megan Dey
Kristin White is an educational consultant who helps students evaluate colleges and other educational opportunities, while also helping them navigate the admissions process. Kristins educational consulting firm, Darien Academic Advisors, LLC, is based in Darien, Connecticut, but works with students from all over the United States and the world. In the last ten years, she has worked with families from nineteen different countries and twenty states. Kristin is a member of the New England Association for College Admissions Counseling and the Independent Educational Consultants Association, where she is a member of the Outreach Committee. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and has an MBA from the University of TexasAustin.
Kristin is also the author of The Complete Guide to the Gap Year: The Best Things to Do Between High School and College, published by Jossey-Bass in 2009.
Its the Student, Not the College: The Secrets of Succeeding at Any SchoolWithout Going Broke or Crazy
Copyright 2015 Kristin M. White
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
White, Kristin M.
Its the student, not the college : the secrets of succeeding at any schoolwithout going broke or crazy / Kristin M. White.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-237-3 (pbk.) ISBN 978-1-61519-238-0 (ebook)
1. Universities and collegesAdmission. 2. Universities and collegesEntrance requirements. 3. College choice. 4. College cost. I. Title.
LB2351.W48 2015
378.161dc23
2014044242
ISBN 978-1-61519-237-3
Ebook ISBN 978-1-61519-238-0
Cover design by Jason Alejandro
Author photograph by Megan Dey Photography
Text design by Pauline Neuwirth, Neuwirth & Associates, Inc.
Manufactured in the United States of America
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Distributed simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.
First printing March 2015
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Contents
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Appendix I:
Appendix II:
APPENDIX II
Directory of Awards, Honors, and Fascinating Experiences for High School Students
ARTS AWARDS
AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR THEATER EDUCATION STUDENT VIDEO AWARD
http://www.aate.com/?page=videocontest
Congressional Art Competition
http://www.house.gov/content/educate/art_competition/
Gutenberg Award for Graphic Arts
http://www.igaea.org/International-Graphic-Arts-Education-Association/gutenberg-award.html
National Young Arts Competition
http://www.youngarts.org/
Physics Photography Contest
http://www.aapt.org/programs/contests/photocontest.cfm
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
http://www.artandwriting.org
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Teen Portrait Contest
http://www.npgteenportrait.org/
Student Editorial Cartoon Contest
http://www.knowledgeunlimited.com/cartoon/cartofweek.html
US Presidential Scholars in the Arts
http://www.youngarts.org
CITIZENSHIP AWARDS
Boy Scout Eagle Award
http://scoutingnewsroom.org/about-the-bsa/fact-sheets/eagle-scouts/
DAR Good Citizens Award
http://www.dar.org/national-society/education/youth-programs
Girl Scout Gold Award
https://www.girlscouts.org/mygoldaward/default.aspx
Peace First Prize
http://www.peacefirst.org
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Google Code In Awards
http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012
MIT Think Awards
http://think.mit.edu/
ENGINEERING AWARDS
Air Force Association Cyber Patriot Competition
http://www.uscyberpatriot.org
Best Robotics Award
http://best.eng.auburn.edu/b_general_rules.php
Engineering Encounters Bridge Building Contest
http://www.bridgecontest.org
First Robotics Challenge
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms
NASCAR Stem Initiative: Student Racing Challenge
http://www.studentracingchallenge.com
NASA Space Settlement Design Contest
http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Contest/
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
National Robotics Challenge
http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/joomla/
TEAMS: Engineering Tests
http://teams.tsaweb.org/
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
AMNH Young Naturalist Awards
http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/young-naturalist-awards
Brower Youth Awards
http://www.broweryouthawards.org/
Envirothon
http://www.envirothon.org
Living on the Ocean Planet Video Contest
http://nosb.org/competitions-2/nosb-video-contest/
Presidents Environmental Youth Awards
http://www2.epa.gov/education/presidents-environmental-youth-award
Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge
http://www.wecanchange.com/
GOVERNMENT AWARDS
Boys State/Boys Nation
http://www.legion.org/boysnation
The Congressional Award
http://www.congressionalaward.org
Girls State/Girls Nation
https://www.alaforveterans.org/Programs/ALA-Girls-State-Locations/
United States Senate Youth Program
http://www.ussenateyouth.org/
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH AWARDS
Duke of Edinburgh International Youth Award
http://www.dofeusa.org
Rotary Youth Leadership Award
https://www.rotary.org/en/rotaract-interact-and-ryla
Summit Youth Award
http://www.youthaward.org/
LANGUAGE AWARDS
National Classics Exam
http://www.aclclassics.org
National French Exam
http://www.frenchteachers.org/concours
National German Exam
http://www.aatg.org
National Latin Exam
http://www.nle.org
National Security Language Initiative Scholarship Award
http://www.nsliforyouth.org/
National Spanish Exam
http://www.nationalspanishexam.org
MATH AWARDS
American Mathematics Competitions
http://www.maa.org/math-competitions
American Regions Math League Competitions
http://www.arml.com
Harvard-MIT Math Tournament
http://web.mit.edu/hmmt/www/
High School Fed Challenge
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