Campus Life Exposed

by Harlan Cohen

Book Overview

Harlan Cohen, author of the syndicated "Help Me, Harlan!" advice column, comes to the aid of rising freshmen with Campus Life Exposed. Cohen goes beyond credits and blue books to delve into the real... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0768904986
• ISBN13: 9780768904987
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Peterson Nelnet Co
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Hilarious, yet very informative!

This book was awesome! I read it shortly after finishing college and it was hard to put down! Harlan has a great sense of humor and really captured the college experience. WOW!

Leaving for College

I just finished reading this book and it's awesome! There is so much information. It's the only book I've seen out there that honestly deals with college life outside the classroom. Most of the other books are kind of stupid or talk down to readers. I had so many questions about roommates, dating, parties, and the pressure of so many new things. This made me feel so much better! I'm so relieved. The letters from readers of Harlan's column (my sister reads his Help Me, Harlan! column at college), his personal stories, and the resources are so good to have. I'm going to take it to school with me this fall. It's really a book I recommend everyone look at before heading off to college. I also like his Help Me, Harlan! website. I'm totally going to share this with my friends.

The Best College Book Out There

I bought this book for my son and he never put it down. He's not a reader, but he couldn't stop. He was anxious about going away to school, but after reading this book he seems completely at ease. The author writes a syndicated column that runs in college newspapers everywhere and uses letters from current college students and some personal stories. His writing style is smart, honest, and funny.When my son put the book down, I picked it up. It was fun to think back to college and see how things have changed. The sex, STD, and drug chapters were a little shocking, but it's happening and I'm glad there's finally a book out there. I'm getting a few more copies to give to my friends kids as going away gifts! thanks Harlan

Great book!

I love this book. My Aunt got it for me because she knew I was going away to college. I used to read Harlan's advice column in the "New York Daily News" and always loved his sense of humor and advice. This book made me laugh and really made me feel much more confident and reassured about going to college. There is some GREAT advice about dealing with a whole new life away from home. Harlan shares a lot of his own personal experiences, which made the book a lot more personal and real.Anyone going to college will DEFINITELY love this book.

Funny and truthful answers for college freshman

The most anxious time for a teen is the weeks leading up to college. The teen has a million questions with no one to answer them honestly. Part of the reason is that no matter one's experience in college, within one week exposed to the real world, college seems to be a utopian universe that will never be again."Campus Life Exposed" gives college freshman the answers they need. The author's quirky sense of humor and excerpts from his nationally syndicated column "Help Me Harlan," provides unprecedented insights into the beauty and horror of the first year away from home.The book isn't just about school, sex, drugs and drinking. Harlan addresses how to deal with annoying roommates and how to overcome loneliness. He gives useful tools to help a depressed or abusive friend.Cohen's writing style is straightforward. He uses comical antedotes from his own college experiences peppered by a sarcastic wit that has made Help Me Harlan a hit on college campuses. Be sure that although the soon-to-be freshman will learn from Cohen, he/she will also be entertained by chapters titled "Sex Souvenirs On Campus" (the STD chapter) and "My Disgusting, Angry, Irresponsible, Alcoholic, Pot-Smoking Roommate."Give this book to a friend before school starts and reduce the chances that his/her first semester will result in poor grades, date rape, an STD, alchohol poisoning and/or a drug overdose.Also, give it to someone who could use a good laugh before starting school.