The College Hook: Packaging Yourself To Win The College Admissions Game

The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game

Review"With its mixture of soul-searching activities and practical guidelines, The College Hook is an excellent resource for prospective students, parents and counselors alike. As Proctor notes in her final chapter, the process of finding, developing and marketing a Hook not only benefits students in the admission "game," but it also empowers them to uncover and exhibit their true passion." (NACAC Bulletin, March 4, 2009 Julie Vultaggio, National Association for College )A comprehensive guide to the powerful packaging tool called the "Hook"--a special talent or achievement that leaps off the page of a college application and catches the eye of admissions officers. Competition for entry to the nation's top colleges is at an all-time high--and intensifying every year. Now nationally recognized college consultant and writer Pam Proctor reveals the "packaging" secrets that can help any student maximize the odds of admission to the college of his or her choice. Using real life anecdotes and examples from winning applications, Proctor provides students with a step-by-step program that will enable them to determine and develop their unique "Hook," and then package and market themselves at every stage of the admissions process.About the AuthorPam Proctor is president of College Application Consultants, Inc, a former senior editor/writer for PARADE MAGAZINE, and cowriter of nine books.