"The best college advice from the smartest experts we work with."Stephen Rudin, MD, Founder and President, Individual U., LLC"Constructive, practical, and comprehensible advice to anxious high school students."Tom Parker, Dean of Admission, Amherst College"No one brings as much knowledge to the college admission process [as] Mike Muska."Michael Goldberger, Director of Athletics and Former Director of Admission, Brown UniversityWhere to go, how to get in, and how to pay for itfrom the college admissions experts.Getting In is your college admissions how-to guide, written by experts with insider guidance on everything you need to know to get into the college of your dreams.About the Book

1. The top colleges are looking for well-rounded applicants.2. The more extracurriculars, the better. 3. Great extracurriculars and talents are the keys to getting in. 4. Admission officers secretly enjoy rejecting all those applicants. 5. By the time I apply, the die is castand theres not a lot I can do to improve my chances. 6. Get as many recommendations and letters of reference as possible. 7. Send lots of stuff to the admission office to prove how interested you are. 8. Its getting harder than ever to get admitted to a top college. 9. Admission statistics dont lie. 10. Kids from private, prep, or high-powered public schools always do better in the admission sweepstakes.

1. It is a buyers market. 2. Attracting good applicants is a competitive business for the colleges. 3. More than a few colleges cook the books to achieve a better ranking. 4. Dont get snookered by the rankings. 5. Colleges have personalities. 6. Stereotypes are sometimes true. 7. Colleges play up what you think is important. 8. Every school has weird traditions. 9. Colleges are businesses. 10. Colleges are political institutions.