Real College: The Essential Guide to Student Life

by Douglas Stone and Elizabeth Tippett

Few people have as much experience helping students cope with college life as Douglas Stone, a long-time Harvard residential adviser and coauthor of Difficult Conversations , and Elizabeth Tippett, recent Harvard graduate and founding director of the university's peer mediation program. In Real College , they join forces to help students deal with nightmare roommates, handle academic pressures, make smart choices about alcohol and sex, communicate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143034251
• ISBN13: 9780143034254
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Professional Recommendation

For the past 5+ years I have been an Academic Advisor for "Exploratory/Undeclared" first year students at Arizona State University. My career in Education includes: 6+ years of academic advising; 5+ yrs in Residence Hall Director positions; and 2 years as a high school counselor in a school w/ 80% of the senior class reported going on to college. This is a REALLY good book. I would recommend it for ANY student as well as any parent of a 4-year college bound student. Real College breaks down issues/concerns/challenges in a very real manner. For 222 pages of text, the authors are very comprehensive in the items addressed. [Even addressing the interpretation/misinterpretation of Email messages] The theme throughout the book is honest communication and being honest with one's self. Interesting tables contrast what a professor/parent says with what the student actually hears and vice versa. Again - I would recommend this book to EVERY student bound for a 4-yr. college or university. (I will use this book in the University Succcess courses I teach.) While this book may not apply totally to the first year community college student or the first time university transfer student - there is enough here that both can apply to their college experience. The key to this book is not the value of the information the authors provide. The issue is: Will the first year college student take this information and incorporate/apply it to themselves in order to create a successful, as well as satifying college experience?