Name:   Helping Gifted Children and Their Families Prepare for College: A Handbook Designed to Assist Economically Disadvantaged and First-Generation College Attendees
Author(s)
 
 
Olszewski-Kubilius, P and Wright, A
Topics
 
 
Parent/Teacher, Early College
Source
 
 
National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented
Copyright
 
 
1993
Description
 
 
This book is a gold mine for families of all economic backgrounds who are homeschooling gifted children! Most homeschooling families do not have access to guidance services and must figure out the college entrance maze on their own, this book goes far in guiding parents and students through that process step by step. Multi-year planning is encouraged, and the book is sensitive to the unique issues of gifted college bound students coming from diverse backgrounds. At $10, the book is extremely reasonably priced.
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Last Updated
 
 
6/7/2005
 
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Profoundly gifted children are more likely than other students to enter college early, whether they attend a conventional school or are homeschooled. Thus, they (and their parents) are likely to have fewer years to plan for college, and may find themselves at the college admissions juncture in a situation where they do not have access to college admissions guidance counseling services available to students who follow a more typical educational path. This particular book will provide succinct, detailed information about the college planning and college admissions process that may not be readily available from other venues for students anticipating early college entrance. A particular note is in order here for profoundly gifted homeschooled students. These students and their parents may wish to read this book along with two other college admissions books for homeschoolers -- Cafi Cohen's "And What About College?", which deals with homeschooling transcripts, and David and Laurie Callihan's "The Christian Home School Guidance Manual." Each of the three books contains information the others do not; taken together, they provide valuable information to a profoundly gifted homeschooled student anticipating college entrance, either at the normal time, or early.
 
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