How to Survive Your Freshman Year - (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides) 6th Edition by Alison Cowan (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

"provides student viewpoints and expert advice ... After reading this book students will be aware of the realities of college life and be better prepared to shape their own unique college experience." ―Journal of College Orientation and Transition

"The perfect send-off present for the student who is college bound. The book manages to be hilarious and helpful. As an added bonus, it's refreshingly free of sanctimony." ―The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

How to Survive Your Freshman Year (6th edition) is the perfect send-off gift for college-bound high school graduates.

This revamped edition of America's #1 college advice guide includes new advice from hundreds of college students from around the country, alongside the best timeless advice from earlier editions.

This ultimate "insider's guide" to college life helps entering freshmen navigate the challenging transition to college life. The book also features expert advice from college advisers and administrators, mental health professionals and others.

Review Quotes

"Recommended Reading." --Positive Teens Magazine

"Ten Good Books for Grads." --Detroit Free Press

"How to Survive Your Freshman Year provides student viewpoints and expert advice on virtually every topic pertaining to first-year students from moving in to finding meals .... After reading this book students will be aware of the realities of college life and be better prepared to shape their own unique college experience." --Journal of College Orientation and Transition

"A guide full of fantastic advice from hundreds of young scholars who've been there... a quick and fun read." --Boston Herald

Winner - Best Book on Adjusting to College Life. --Readers' Choice Awards

"The perfect send-off present for the student who is college bound. The book manages to be hilarious and helpful. As an added bonus, it's refreshingly free of sanctimony." --The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina

"Explains college to the clueless." --College-Bound Teen

"The advice dispensed is handy, useful, and practical. This book will make great light reading for an incoming freshman." --Voya

"A great tool for young people beginning an important and often daunting new challenge, with short and funny, real-world tips." --Washington Parent

"[A] book that can help that college bound freshman get through that tough first year... Who better to try to help that nervous freshman endure the first year than people who have just recently done it. Laced with different hints and stories, it can be a real help for a student." --Hellum