{"product_id":"valedictorians-at-the-gate-standing-out-getting-in-and-staying-sane-while-applying-to-college","title":"Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eGrown \u0026amp; Flown's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Book on College Admissions and Paying for College\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most honest, most helpful book I've ever read on applying to college\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Adam Grant), \u003ci\u003eValedictorians at the Gate\u003c\/i\u003e offers empowering advice and humorous asides that demystifies the college application process and encourages students to select a school that best reflects their personal values, academic pursuits, and potential career goals.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter spending years as a college admissions director at Dartmouth, Becky Munsterer Sabky had seen it all. The perfect grades, the perfect scores, and the perfect extracurriculars. Valedictorians were knocking at the gate, but Becky realized that in their quest for admission many of these students were missing something. Their transcripts were golden, their interviews polished, but they weren't applying for college, they were competing for it--and in the end they didn't know what prize they were really striving for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eValedictorians at the Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, Sabky looks beyond the smoke and mirrors of the intimidating admissions gauntlet and places the power firmly where it should be: in the hands of the students themselves. Offering prescriptive, actionable advice for students and their (hopefully not helicoptering) parents, Sabky illuminates the pathway to finding the school that is the ideal match. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty and warm, informative and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eValedictorians at the Gate\u003c\/i\u003e is the needed tonic for overstressed, overworked, and overwhelmed students on their way to the perfect college \u003ci\u003efor them\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Becky Munsterer Sabky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53158980321644,"sku":"9781250619051","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9781250619051-us.jpg?v=1770909336","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/valedictorians-at-the-gate-standing-out-getting-in-and-staying-sane-while-applying-to-college","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}