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BY PAM PROCTOR

The smartest college admissions guide you’ll ever read.

"Remarkable! This book
gives away all the creative secrets that successful applicants use to make their college applications stand out from the thousands of others. The “Bright Ideas” sections alone make this book the best guide to success in college admissions ever written. I’m going to buy The College Hook for all my students."

— Lily Trayes,
College Advisor
New York City

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Finding your "Hook"

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Hook Tip

If you’ve been wait-listed, do not roll over and play dead. Instead, get aggressive and “work the wait list” by hitting the admissions committees with everything you’ve got. As quickly as possible, send back the school’s wait-list postcard and fire off a letter by mail or e-mail to the admissions office indicating how much you want to attend. If the school is your first choice, then say it. Send an update with new achievements, particularly those related to your Hook. If possible, try to set up an interview on campus. Even more important, keep your name on the wait list until the very end of the summer. As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

About The College Hook

The College Hook is every student’s guide to the powerful packaging weapon known as the Hook – a special talent, achievement, or personal quality that will leap off the page of a college application and catch the eye of admissions officers.

Through an inside look at the secrets of real students, who describe how they succeeded in today’s high-stakes game of college admissions, readers will learn how to:

Find Your Hook
Use the Top Ten College Hooks
Package Your Hook
Sell Your Hook

"This book is a must read for students and parents entering the college search and application process!"

—Donna P. Olson, M. Ed.
International Baccalaureate Coordinator
Sebastian River High School

At a time when competition for entry to the nation’s top colleges is at an all-time high – and intensifying every year – the “packaging” secrets available in The College Hook will help any student maximize the odds of admission to the college of his or her choice. The College Hook was published in July 2007 from Center Street (Hachette Book Group, formerly Warner Books). Click here to find out more about Pam's college consulting program.

...Pam Proctor’s clients have been admitted to such colleges as: Amherst, Harvard, Cornell, Wesleyan, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Bowdoin, Davidson, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Williams, Columbia, Vanderbilt, Tufts, Georgia Tech, SMU, Wheaton (IL), Case Western Reserve, Purdue, Elon, Clemson, University of Florida, Miami University of Ohio, U Colorado Boulder, University of Miami, Colorado College, Penn State, Tulane, Boston College, Rutgers, College of Charleston, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, Juniata, University of New Hampshire, Baylor, Florida State, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, George Washington University, Northwestern, William and Mary, Vassar, MIT, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Emory, Santa Clara University, New York University, Bates, Wellesley, Washington University in St. Louis, Colby, University of Southern California, Washington & Lee, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Union College, Trinity College, Boston University, Pitzer, University of Maryland, Mount Holyoke College, Villanova, and accelerated medical programs…

More Praise for The College Hook

“Pam Proctor's new book THE COLLEGE HOOK may strike some high school students as too commercial, too much like packaging a new cereal or a new video game, but the fact is that college admissions at selective schools is a very competitive marketplace. In order to succeed in the sale, the applicant has to think about, and work to achieve, something that will appeal strongly to the buyers, the college admissions officers. This book will help them to do that thinking and to learn what it is about themselves that they really care about, which will make them stand out from the crowd of other well-qualified applicants.”

—Will Fitzhugh,
The Concord Review

“Gaining admittance into the college of your choice is no easy task. With THE COLLEGE HOOK…your odds are greatly improved! This is a must-read for teens getting ready to begin sending out those applications. From writing an interesting, professional resume to acing your admissions interview, everything about the application process is covered.”

—Jennifer Wardrip
www.teensreadtoo.com

“For students overwhelmed by the college admission process, Pam Proctor provides practical suggestions in a style and tone encouraging to teens. In addition to citing numerous examples from students, she offers a wealth of suggestions and programs to help them identify and develop their special Hooks. The book meets many needs.”

—Linda H. Campbell,
Director of College Guidance
Lancaster Country Day School

“Even with top grades and killer test scores, you are still stuck in a crowd of applicants who look just like you. The practical advice in this book helps any applicant stand out. Using these techniques, our children exceeded their expectations and overcame the reality of a buyers’ market, landing in great schools where they are very happy today.”

—Stuart Woodward, parent

The College Hook - Packaging yourself to win the college admissions game by Pam Proctor

HOW TO ORDER THE COLLEGE HOOK:

Order in hardcover from Vero Beach Book Center for $21.99

The College Hook:Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game by Florida author Pam Proctor is the best college admissions guide you'll ever read.

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