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Surviving isn't all this helps you with! April 30, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
How to Survive Your Freshman Year (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides) would have been a great graduation gift for me when I was off to college. My Freshman year was filled with more surprises and awkward situations than I would like to remember. This book lets you know about everything you need to be on the look out for, before it happens!
If you know someone who's on their way to college, this is a must have book. It gives you great advice about roommates, studying, relationships, classes and more. If it has to do with the great college experience, this book will tell you about it. And you know it's good information, because it's coming from people who have survived their own Freshman year.
Loved the different voices and advice April 15, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Once I took a minute to adjust to the different voices and seemingly different tactics that varied from page to page of this advice book. I fell in love with it!
There is guidance for every type of Freshman entering college and this book treats each reader as an individual. One size does not fit all and this book has more than enough to fit any need.
A great overview of the complexities and variations that freshmen will face when they go away to college for the first time.
A great book!
Caution, parents June 8, 2007 17 out of 24 found this review helpful
The cover and title of this book are fun and enticing and immediately caught my eye at the bookstore - thinking of my daughter who is completing her senior year of high school. I flipped through some pages and the quotes and suggestions seemed thoughtful and interesting. When I got home, I took a closer look and noticed the chapters titled: "Going out, hooking up, dating and sex" and "Parties 101: How to have fun and be safe". I immediately flipped to these chapters to see what advice would be offered to my teen and was surprised to find - as is stated in the editorial review posted on this sight - not only mixed messages, but a real sense that drinking and hooking up were natural parts of the college experience. Of course, reality is that these things do tend to be part of the college experience, but as adults, producing books for guidance for teens, it would seem we would serve them better by presenting a message of discouraging these activities. This book does not do that. In fact, one message sent in the book is "As long as you're staying on top of your work, you're not partying too much". Hmm...not the attitude I want my daughter to learn. While I did find some parts of the book interesting and sometimes amusing - I will be returning this book and looking for one that provides a better message to my daughter.
How to survive your freshman year November 4, 2006 7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Excellent advice on any aspect of college life. Well organized and easy to read.
Love this book! July 5, 2006 7 out of 9 found this review helpful
It's fun to read and is a good resource from real students who have been through their college freshman year! I've already bought it for four recent high school graduates. I think it's the perfect graduation gift.
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