Parent Reading List

As parents, we always want to support and assist our children.

The university search and application process has changed over time.

Below are just a few books of the plethora available to help you support your sons and daughters.

Bruni, Frank. Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: an Antidote to the College Admissions Mania. Grand Central Publishing, 2016.

Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges. Penguin Books, 2012.

Lythcott-Haims, Julie. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. Saint Martin’s Griffin, 2016.

Gladwell, Malcolm. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Little Brown & Company, 2013.

Goodman, Steven Roy., and Andrea Leiman. College Admissions Together: It Takes a Family. Capital Books, 2007.

“Letting Go (Fifth Edition): A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years Paperback – March 17, 2009.” Letting Go (Fifth Edition): A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years: Karen Levin Coburn, Madge Lawrence Treeger: 9780061665738:

Roth, Michael S. Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters. Yale University Press, 2015.

Karabel, Jerome. The Chosen The Hidden History Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. First Mariner Books, 2006.

Click Here for Financial Aid/Scholarship Information

“Understanding College Costs.” Federal Student Aid, 18 Apr. 2017, studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/choosing-schools/consider/costs

“Cracking the Books for Financial Aid to College.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 Jan. 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/business/27college.html?mcubz=0.

Sallie Mae. “How America Pays for College 2016.” Http://News.salliemae.com/Files/doc_library/File/HowAmericaPaysforCollege2016FNL.Pdf, Newark, DE, 2016.

Pay for College – Borrowing: The Parent’s Role, bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/loans/borrowing-the-parents-role-college-financial-aid.

Farrington, Robert. “The Best Ways For Parents To Pay For College.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 30 Apr. 2015, www.forbes.com/sites/robertfarrington/2015/04/30/the-best-ways-for-parents-to-pay-for-college/#6bd303ea289f.

Schmidt, Deb Thyng. Meeting College Costs: What You Need to Know before Your Child and Your Money Leave Home. College Board, 2008.

Cohen, Harlan. “The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only – A Parent’s Guide to the New College Experience.” Barnes & Noble, www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-naked-roommate-harlan-cohen/1112313756.

Lythcott-Haims, Julie. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. Saint Martin’s Griffin, 2016.