Educational Consultant to Speak on College Application/Admission Process

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Don Dunbar, author of What You Don't Know Can Keep You Out Of College: A Top Consultant Explains the 13 Fatal Application Mistakes and Why Character Is the Key to College Admissions, will be at Kings Park Library in Burke (located at 9000 Burke Lake Rd.) on October 16 at 7 pm.

The author plans a brief presentation on college applications and the admissions process. There will also be time for questions and answers. The program is free but you must register.

Adults and high school students are welcome. To register, call 703-978-5600 beginning October 2.

From Publishers Weekly
Editorial Review
Dunbar offers sage advice on what to do-or, more specifically, what not to do-during the often daunting college admissions process in order to ensure a more successful (or at least less painful) outcome. Dunbar's first tip for getting through the "marathon" of application is simple: "Pace yourself... commit to one work session per weekend." The steps that follow are equally manageable, designed to guide even the least prepared to the halls of higher learning. All the usual ins and outs are explored: essays, extracurricular, interviewing and getting waitlisted. More specific advice steers applicants away from dangerous essay topics and explicates the value of social sensitivity, while boxed asides ("First Aid," "Steps to Success," "Revising the Rule") provide spot treatment for mid-interview faux pas and winning strategies for asserting independence and positivity. Though he spends perhaps too much time on interviews-a step not every applicant will have to take-his background in prestigious East Coast prep school admissions makes this a top-notch resource for students applying to small private colleges or Ivy League institutions.
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Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request. Please call 703-324-8380 or TTY 703-324-8365 two weeks in advance of the program if you have such a request.