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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race

The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions: A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race

Bello, Akil
Fields, Timothy L.
Herndon-Brown, Shereem

Paperback

College GuidesGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $22.95

ISBN10: 1421448963
ISBN13: 9781421448961
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Jan 15 2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Named one of the Top 2023 College Admissions Resources by Forbes and featured on NPR as Book of the Day. Groundbreaking.--Angel B. Pérez, CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling

Finding the right college is a challenge for all students, but Black families face additional challenges and questions when navigating the admissions process. Veteran admissions experts Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown demystify this complexity by advising families on when to begin the process, where to apply, and how to be a competitive applicant.

Fields and Herndon-Brown address specific concerns that are not often addressed by school counselors or other resources. They highlight how recent social justice movements and legal cases have amplified the necessity of considering both Historically Black Colleges and Universities and predominantly white institutions, while covering everything from athletic recruitment and artistic talents to financial aid and step-by-step instructions for how to search for colleges and then apply to them.

The second edition includes new chapters on
- prioritizing students' and parents' mental health,
- understanding the influence of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT on college essay writing,
- reviewing recent Supreme Court decisions about race-conscious admission and their likely impact on Black applicants, and
- navigating the admission process as a transfer applicant.

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