Resources

The books and websites listed below are useful resources to support student success while in high school and college.

Student Success Skills

The Secrets of Getting Better Grades – Brian Marshall (Park Avenue Press, 2002)

Study Smarter, Not Harder – Kevin Paul (Self Counsel Press, 1996)

What Smart Students Know – Adam Robinson  (Random House Press, 1993)

Becoming a Master Student – David Ellis (Houghton Mifflin, 1993)

 

Leadership Development

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens – Sean Covey (Simon Schuster/Franklin Covey, 1998)

Ultimate Success Guide for Teens – Sean Covey (Franklin Covey)

Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman (Bantam Books, 1995)

 

Test Prep Books/Resources & College Prep Sites

The College Board

The Princeton Review

Kaplan Test Preparation

 

College Guidebooks

African American Student’s College Guide – Isaac Black (John Wiley and Sons, 2000)

Check out Barron’s, Aarco and Peterson’s guide books

 

College Admissions

The Truth About Getting In – Katherine Cohen (Hyperion, 2002)

Making it into a Top College – Howard and Matthew Greene (Harper Collins, 2000)

 

Scholarships

Scholarships, Grants and Prizes – Thompson Corporation and Peterson’s (published every year)

Money Winning Scholarship Essays and Interviews and Get Free Cash For College – Gen S. and Kelly Y. Tanabe (Harvard Grads) (Supercollege LLC., 2002)
 

Mentoring

National Mentoring Partnership: Largest resource for mentoring programs in nation.

iMentor: Connects high school-aged youth one-to-one with volunteer adult mentors.

 

Books that Seniors should read before going to College (you may want to read as a junior!):

The Source of the River, the Social Origins of freshman at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities – Douglas S. Massey,  Camille Charles, Garvey Lundy and Mary J. Fischer (Princeton University, 2003)

How to Succeed on a Majority Campus, a Guide for Minority Students - Marc Levy, Michael Blanco and W. Terrell Jones (Wadsworth Publishing, 1998)

College Rules, How to Study, Survive and Succeed in College – Sherrie Nist and Jodi Patrick Holschuh (10 Speed Press, 2002)

Making the Most of College, Students Speak their Minds – Richard J. Light (Harvard University Press, 2001)

Beating the College Blues – Paul Grayson and Philip W. Meilman (Checkmark Books, 1999)