What book to read for college admission/essay

[beyeu107]

My 16 years old wants to read about how to a good college, I am looking for books recommendation. Thanks.

[Mwfan1921]

Here’s a pretty thorough summary of books, but a few years old now:

Postmodern’ s Guide to the College Guides

Having finished the college process for my 2 I felt a desire to make some small contribution to CC as gratitude for all I learned here. As we began the process, I got concurrently terrified and obsessed (a bad combination). I reacted by buying (and reading) every book I could on the subject. To my horror I discovered the number came to above 40! In an effort to save others the time and expense, I thought I would BRIEFLY review the books I bought. I also recommend buying some of these used to save $$$ (my favorite are old library copies with the plastic covers) if timeliness is not an issue. Please note the grades are based solely my opinions and how useful I found them, and not a New York Review of Books level qualification. The list is defined by my purchases – of course there are many, many others. Some of these I read over 2 years ago, and I did not take contemporaneous notes in preparation for this task, so you’re getting my recollections as they are. I’ve divided the books …

Here’s a few additional recent recs: 2021 book recommendations for selective college admissions

[DadOfJerseyGirl]

An absolute must-read:

Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions

[BWM]

For essays, I highly recommend Thomas Richards’ “Admit One: Writing Your Way into the Best Colleges.”