Get Real and Get in: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self

By Dr. Aviva Legatt

Book Overview

An insider's college admissions guide that teaches students to identify and harness their unique passions, stand out from the crowd, and achieve their dreams.

Dr. Aviva Legatt has spent her career in higher education as a professor, counselor, and admissions officer in the Ivy League, and she wants to let students in on a secret: admissions offices are sick of seeing the same cookie-cutter applications. What were once considered best practices for "doing high school right" are now so commonplace that they have become a liability.

Get Real and Get In teaches readers to think outside of the box and focus on what admissions officers are really looking for--young people who dare to be their most authentic selves. Through engaging, accessible, and empathetic prose, this book forms an inspirational roadmap for readers to uncover their true passions and leverage them to create applications that truly stand out from the crowd. It also features a variety of useful exercises and candid stories from many influential figures, which teach students to look beyond just getting into a "good" college and focus more actively on identifying and attaining their long term goals.

Get Real and Get In is designed to ignite an essential mindset shift in students: stop trying to just "get in" and start figuring out exactly what you want from life and how to get it. Stop managing the impressions you make on admissions officers and start defying impressions. This is an essential guide to cutting through the noise of the admissions process and gaining the confidence to forge one's own path to success--in college and beyond.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250773962
• ISBN13: 9781250773968
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A College Admissions Game Changer

Dr. Aviva Legatt has years of experience in the academic world including her work in college admissions. She is well qualified to give advice about college selection, the admissions process, the college years and beyond. Her approach is logical, practical and creative. Applicants are encouraged to lean into their own strengths and interests, to be authentic, rather than completing a checklist that makes them appear to be the perfect student. Likewise, students should examine their values and priorities to find colleges that are a good fit. The real stories of recent applicants and people with established careers made this book even more interesting and valuable. If you are applying to college, you need to read this book. If you know someone who is, putting this book in their hands would be doing them an enormous favor. Get Real and Get In is a game changer. #BooksForwardFriends