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Campus Voices: A Student-to-Student Guide to College Life
Paul Buchanan & Paula Miller, comps.
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College students face a world of adjustment---including thriving spiritually in the midst of chaos---as they take on campus life. Written by students for students, this collection of real-life reflections takes an honest look at the most common difficulties and opportunities your young adults will encounter. Includes recommended Scripture readings and journaling space.
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99 Thoughts for College-Age People
Chuck Bomar
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The transition from high school to college is usually the most dramatic in young people's lives. In this humorous and thought-provoking resource, Chuck Bomar offers up pearls of wisdom gained over years of personal and professional experience. It's great as a graduation gift, as a college freshman small group discussion starter, or as any number of other uses. However you put it to work, you'll be sure to save some young adults some pain, money, and from foot fungus.
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Street-Smart Advice to Christian College Students: From a Professor's Point of View
Michael Bozack
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Are you and your college-bound grads concerned about whether they can live a Christian life at a secular university or cut it academically? Then you'll appreciate this book! A seasoned college professor, Bozack offers wise insights into characteristics of today's students, common mistakes made by undergrads, seven effective strategies for academic success, and more. Paperback.
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Money Management Workbook for College Students
Larry Burkett
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This paperback workbook offers practical guidance on how to manage your finances, use credit cards wisely, balance your checkbook, obtain college loans and more. Its easy-to-understand worksheets show you how to extend your cash flow, prepare for the future and get the assurance you need to escape financial bondage.
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Ask Me Anything 2: More Provocative Answers for College Students
J. Budziszewski
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No question is off limits in this frank discussion from the author of the best-selling How to Stay Christian in College. Featuring conversations and letters from real students, Budziszewski's guide tackles a broad range of classroom, spiritual, and relationship issues with answers that make sense. Informal, fresh, and biblically solid! 176 pages, softcover from NavPress.
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Student's Guide for Writing College Papers, Third Edition
Kate L. Turabian
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This third edition of Kate L Turabain's Student's Guide for Writing College Papers is designed for high school, junior college, college and graduate students faced with writing their first long documented paper. Besides the book's step by step directions for all aspects of paper writing, the sixth chapter, "Some Matters of Style" has been extensively revised, and the List of Reference Works useful to students has been re-complied and greatly expanded by Donald F Bond, a specialist in bibliography. Students and teachers will appreciate a new system of numbering each paragraph which facilitates locating any desired item through the Index or cross-references in the text. Kate Turabian was editor of official publications and dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago for twenty-five years. She is the author of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
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The Everything College Cookbook: 300 hassle-free recipes for students on the go
Rhonda Lauret Parkinson
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The Everything College Cookbook is the one book every college student will want to crack open every day of the week! Packed with tasty ideas, you'll learn how to prepare microwaveable meals, stress-free dinners, easy-to-pack treats, luggable lunches, delectable desserts, and vegetarian alternatives. Don't leave home without it!
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Student to Student: A Guide to College Life
Paul Buchanan, Paula Miller
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Student to Student is a collection of reflections that takes an honest look at the most common pitfalls and opportunities that life on campus affords. Written by college students from over 20 Christian and secular institutions, each entry opens a window into real-life campus experiences. In the weekly readings, readers will instantly identify with students who are finding their way through the maze of college life while growing their relationship with God. You can thrive in college. Here's how.
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Ready for College: Everything You Need to Know
Michael Pennock
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With everything from how to say good-bye to mom and dad, to tips for getting along with a difficult roommate, Ready for College gives first-time college students what they need to succeed. Michael Pennock offers some wise warnings and advice to help students make an easy transition from high school to college. More than just the nuts and bolts, Ready for College shows adolescents that college is a time to develop a sense of self, not bound by previous ties, yet intimately connected with the love and lessons of family lif. Ready for College provides a spiritual dimension, encouraging college students to develop an ongoing relationship with God through the practice of their faith.
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Packin' Up and Headin' Out: Making the Most of Your College Adventure
John Bowling, Jill Bowling
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Who can resist the thrill of a new beginning? Certainly not recent high school graduates. And when college looms just around the corner, there are many life changes for students to consider. This book walks freshmen through the transition from high school to college by identifying and elaborating on the four keys to making the most of the college experience. John and Jill Bowling encourage students to make a fresh start personally, academically, socially, and spiritually, and the authors give helpful and positive insights into this major life transition.
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1,001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know
Harry H. Harrison Jr.
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Put these proven survival tips at the top of your college-bound student's packing list! Harrison's trademark wit and wisdom provide practical advice on class enrollment, living on campus, study habits, and more. Everything young adults and their parents need to know to make a smooth transition to higher education---a great graduation gift! 304 pages, softover from Nelson.
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Getting Ready for College; Everything You Need to Know Before You Go-from Bike Locks to Laundry Baskets, Financial Aid to Health Care
Polly Berent
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Getting Ready for College is the ultimate easy-to-use guide to success for college-bound seniors, first-years, and their parents. Polly Berent answers the questions you didn't know you would need to ask: - What's the deal on financial aid and cash management?
- Should I bring a flashlight to school? Do I really need a microwave and a vacuum cleaner?
- Should I call Mom every time I'm homesick? Will my boyfriend/girlfriend wait for me?
- Will having a credit card help me? Do I need quarters for the laundry?
- When should I lock my room? Where can I fill my prescriptions in my new town?
- Should I take intro classes or harder classes? Should I join a frat/sorority?
- How could I possibly have time to figure all this out and keep in touch with my old friends?
This essential manual includes day planners, notes on how to take notes, tips on how to make a "real-life" file, and advice from scores of college students in the trenches as well as campus health-care professionals, college counselors, administrators, and financial-aid advisers. This is everything you need to know about getting ready for college, from students and parents just like you.
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College in a Can
Choron
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This book offers bite-size wisdom and entertainment in the form of more than 250 lists on topics that matter most to college students--from the colleges with the best radio stations, the most luxurious dorms, and the most famous fraternities and sororities to how to pick a major, deal with difficult professors, browse any book in thirty minutes, and get the best internships. With a team of college-aged consultants, Sandy and Harry Choron have compiled loads of information from books, Web sites, newspapers, magazines, and real-life experience. Frank, funny, and endlessly useful, this book gives students a realistic idea of just what college life is all about.
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What's an Alpha-Beta-Soupa? The Indispensable Guide to College Survival and Success
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Give your students a headstart on higher education with this truckload-of-clues guide! It's jammed with inspirational Scripture, humorous stories, incredible facts, and helpful reminders about everything from choosing a school and surviving roommates to packing, studying, dating---and graduating! Don't leave home without it! Includes lined pages for notes. 192 pages, softcover from Barbour.
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Everything You Need to Know Before College
Matthew Paul Turner
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Everything You Need to Know Before College is a definitive, one-stop survival guide to the opportunities, challenges, and potential pitfalls of college life. More than just an introduction to university living, this book leaves no collegiate stone unturned as we explore being on your own for the first time, adapting to different personalities, dating smart in a no-rules environment, finding crucial friendships and Christian support, and how to make the most of your money. It's a crash course in College Reality.
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Fish out of Water: Surviving and Thriving As a Christian on a Secular Campus
Abby Nye
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So you're ready for the next chapter in your life. Well, if you're a Christian heading to campus for the first time, there are several things you need to know about living your faith while surrounded by atheistic professors. Abby Nye has written a fantastic guide for college students who find their faith and values under assault from Day 1. Learn just what to expect, and how to navigate through classes while maintaining a good GPA and a positive college experience.Abby prepares new freshman (and even seasoned students!) to be able to survive and thrive in this often hostile setting. Among the topics she covers: - Freshman orientation week
- The treatment of science and faith in the classroom
- Difficult professors and real life solutions
- The mean forms of liberal "indoctrination"
- Helpful campus groups and managing peer pressure
This book is truly must reading for students embarking for any college--a valuable handbook for parents, teachers, and students alike.
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How to Stay Christian in College
J. Budziszewski
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College campuses are overtly hostile to the Christian faith, and many Christian students give in to defeat. But Professor J. Budziszewski will help prepare you and your parents for the challenges you will encounter, and how to successfully overcome them.
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Essential Survival Guide to the First Year on Your Own
Sharon Siepel
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Independent living for your young adults is only a read away with this practical handbook! Filled with advice about laundry, cooking, goals, roommates, mortgages, and more, this lively collection of quick tips will make life less of a chore and more of an adventure. Includes space for you to add your own ideas!
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The College Cookbook, Updated Edition
Geri Harrington
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Who says college cooking has to be limited to powdered soup and microwave popcorn? Today's students are pursuing healthy alternative recipes that save space, time, and book stretched budgets. An experienced cook, the author offers you 200 recipes from more than 55 colleges and universities across the U.S. as well as cooking tips and basic instructions. Whether you cook occasional meals in the dorm kitchen or are on your own cooking nutritious, hassle-free recipes, The College Cookbook should be required reading right alongside your coursework. It's great for singles, working couples, and retirees, too!
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The Healthy College Cookbook
Alexandra Nimitz
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Three harried but health-conscious college students compiled and tested this collection of more than 200 tasty, hearty, inexpensive recipes anyone can cook - yes, anyone. Whether you're short on cash, fearful of fat, counting your calories, or just miss home cooking, this book offers everything you need to make good food yourself.
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The Inside Scoop on College Life
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From the publisher: Students tell what it's like at colleges, from studying to socializing. Includes college newspaper stories provided via U-Wire, the wire service connecting college media with each other and the world. Students and parents get straightforward insights about academics, campus atmosphere, and lifestyle. Provides a close-up view of campus life through articles written by student writers.
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What to Expect When You're Accepted: An African American Christian's Guide to College
Christopher Michael Jones
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In What to Expect When You're Accepted Christopher Michael Jones will coach you through your college years with sound advice and sensible ideas. This practical handbook will discuss topics like: important campus information, forming relationships, managing your time effectively, getting involved with the community, staying healthy, maintaining a healthy Christian perspective on life and avoiding the freshman fifteen.
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The Ultimate College Survival Guide
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This indispensable bestseller has been completely updated to reflect the latest issues and concerns of college students. Take the "Are You Ready for College?" quiz, an enlightening questionnaire that may tell you you're not quite as prepared as you thought you were. But not to worry. No matter what your score, you'll find everything you need to know in this one handy book.
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The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2007 Edition
Edited by the Yale Daily News Staff
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This guide to colleges is written to students with the information you want to know! The food, weekend life, study habits, dating scene, places to visit, professors, political leanings, weather, dorms, safety, parties...it's all here in this convenient guide telling you what students think of their own colleges. Filled with quotes and interviews from actual students, you get a true opinion of the good and not-so-good sides of the schools your interested in. Each college has a box of statistics and a few pages detailing what makes each college unique--including the factors that could make you love it or hate it. If you're looking for a guide that gives you a feel for college life, rather than a mere professional portfolio of academics and statistics, this is the guide for you! 1082 indexed pages, softcover; includes sections on getting into college, college finder, editors picks, sections for international & disabled students and more.
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Dorm Room Devotions
Jim Hampton
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Are your teens college-bound? Slip this devotional guide into their backpacks! Written by professors who know the ropes, thought-provoking insights on discerning God's will, choosing a Christian worldview, keeping dating relationships pure, living with a roommate, and more will help freshmen navigate the complexities of university life---and develop a mature faith. 136 pages, softcover from Beacon Hill.
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Parents' Guide to the 108 Biggest Secrets of College Life
Robin Raskin
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Get straight answers to tough questions. The market is saturated with college admissions guides, but this is the only one that gives parents honest answers to the real questions they have when they send their children to college. Written by media consultant and parenting expert Robin Raskin, this candid guide answers questions like:How much money should my son/daughter be spending a week?Is it wise to give my child a checkbook? A credit card? Should she/he take a semester abroad? What are the downsides? The benefits?How can we choose the best meal plan?Does my son/daughter need a laptop or a desktop computer? Should she/he be working a job while attending school?
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College Without Compromise
Scott Wightman, Kris Wightman
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Worried about whether your budget---or your child's faith---will survive a typical 4-year college education? Here's an independent study approach that flows seamlessly from high school into a condensed college experience. Utilizing tools including credit by examination (CLEP); dual enrollment; professional and continuing education; distance learning; and others, students can earn a tailor-made degree and you can save thousands! 195 pages, softcover from The Homeschool Sampler.
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Ask Me Anything: Provocative Answers for College Students
J. Budziszewski
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"When is it okay to have sex with my boyfriend?" "Are Christians intolerant? If not, why do they hate gays?" "What does God think about war?" No question is off limits in this frank discussion from the author of How to Stay Christian in College. A terrific guide for anyone grappling with life's big issues.
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God Goes to College
Helen Neinast, Thomas Ettinger
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What does God have to do with college?
How do I live my faith on campus?
How do I keep God at the center of relationships?
Where is God in my future? If you're facing questions like these, know this: God is there with you! Maybe in unexpected places and ways, but God is searching for you even as you search for God. Experienced campus ministers Tom Ettinger and Helen Neinast offer perspectives that are both reality-based and Christ-centered in God Goes To College. Let this book be your companion during your college years. You can use the short readings to nurture your spiritual life, to guide your prayer and reflection, and to shape devotional time for yourself or a study group. You may just find your relationship with God deepening. And you may discover courage, grace, compassion, and strength you didn't know you had.
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The Blueprint: A Revolutionary Plan to Plant Missional Communities on Campus
Jaeson Ma
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College campuses across the country are being impacted by both the world's influences and by Christians called to affect moral and spiritual change within these spheres. Jaeson Ma, co-founder of Campus Transformation Network, has been church-planting and reaching out to college students for years, and now has put together a formula for reforming society. By emphasizing prayer, power evangelism (popular with those involved with the 'The Third Wave of the Holy Spirit' and New Apostolic movement) and planting churches, Jaeson attempts to bring Christianity closer to those in need of it.
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Can You Keep Your Faith in College?
Abbie Smith
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Temptation abounds in the collegiate world immersed in the world. So, can you keep a God-centered, adventure-based, Christ-driven life throughout college? Abbie Smith found the answer to be a resounding YES! Packed with encouragement specifically for these trying years, Can You Keep Your Faith in College? compiles experiences shared by students from campuses across the nation. You're not alone in your struggle to maintain the faith you carried with you when you first set foot on campus. The book targets pertinent issues including "The Transition," academics, dorm life, peer pressure, extracurricular activities, sports, Greek life, dating, studying abroad, racial relations, and "God's Surprise Encounters." Don't let your faith whittle away; build it up! It's what defines you.
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