SCOTT C. SILVERMAN, Ed.D., is the Coordinator of Orientation
Programs in the office of Student Life at the University of
California, Riverside, his alma mater. His professional career
began as a peer mentor, and later as a teaching assistant for
environmental science and first-year seminar courses at UC
Riverside, where he earned a BS and MS in Environmental Science.
Throughout his tenure as a student, he was a heavily involved
student leader and activist, having roles in multiple student
organizations, student government, peer mentoring, and in community
activities, including nonprofit work. While completing his MS, he
started working as a graduate assistant supporting student
organizations, and separately, running a campus-based community
non-profit providing support services and educational programming
to college students at UC Riverside, before transitioning into his
current position.
In 2007, Scott earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration
from the University of Southern California. His doctoral research
on Facebook and other online social networks, Creating Community
Online: The Effects of Online Social Networking on College Student
Experiences,” was chosen for the Outstanding Research Award by the
National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) in 2008. Scott
continues to be involved in NODA, serving on planning committees,
as a regional representative and an Associate Editor of the Journal
of College Orientation and Transition. Currently, he enjoys
attending campus and community events with friends and family and,
when the occasion arises, decking himself out in face paint and
school colors on campus.
FRANCES NORTHCUTT, Ed.M., is an academic advisor and
admissions reader in the William E. Macaulay Honors College of the
City University of New York at Hunter College. Her advising career
began when she became a peer advisor at Wesleyan University, where
she earned her BA in English. She went on to advise students at the
University of California, Berkeley and at the University of the
Sciences in Philadelphia, where she also taught classes on college
skills and professional development. She has presented at
conferences of the National Academic Advising Association and was
selected as the Outstanding Advisor (Primary Role) for the
Mid-Atlantic region in 2006. She has a master's degree in Higher
Education Administration from Temple University.
Mark Bernstein graduated from the Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania. While there he started a business that
provided students with "survival kits" consisting of unhealthy food
sent by their parents, who were trying to cope with their loss. He
went on to earn a law degree at New York University and to run CNN
Interactive.
Yadin Kaufmann graduated from Princeton University. He was
involved in journalism and started a student agency to publish a
book he wrote. He survived his freshman year by chugging Hershey's
Syrup, straight up. He also coauthored The Boston Ice Cream Lover's
Guide. He went on to earn a law degree at Harvard Law School, where
he was an editor of the Law Review, and to manage a venture capital
fund.
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with tidbits.
COLLEGE-BOUND TEEN
Book of the Year Award finalist.
FOREWORD MAGAZINE
Recommended Reading.
POSITIVE TEENS MAGAZINE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
A Top 40 Young Adult book.
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL LIBRARIAN ASSOCIATION
Hidden gem.”
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A guide full of fantastic advice from hundreds of young scholars
who’ve
been there
a quick and fun read.”
BOSTON HERALD
The perfect send-off present for the student who is college bound.
The book
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refreshingly free
of sanctimony.”
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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....We would recommend this
book primarily for high school students as they transition to
college....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 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
"wonderful anecdotes . . . The book focuses on what the experience
of going to college is all about and has a great balance of advice
from both an academic and non-academic sense. . . advice on all
aspects of college life.
A good majority of the book focuses on ... the transitional aspects
of going to college which include things to bring, how to make
friends, eating well, personal life and just about anything else
that deals with the change from high school to college including
the more controversial issues of sex and partying...Outside the
transitional aspects, How to Survive your Freshman Year provides
great insight on the academics of college including how to study
for exams, become involved on campus, gaining leadership
experiences, study abroad and lots of personal advice on how to get
the balance between everything just right.
[A] great resource."
The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), the Global
Community for Online Advising
"...not just any book, but 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."
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"Hundreds of Heads’ annual guide advises students on more than just
financial planning so readers looking for a more comprehensive view
of college life should purchase the 2010 version and get reading.
The book contains more than 1,000 pieces of real-life knowledge
from hundreds of students who attended more than 100 colleges
across the country. (There are words of wisdom from college
counselors as well.)"
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"a detailed, portable resource for freshmen . . . a relevant and
awareand sometimes, quite funnyresource for incoming freshmen . .
. inclusive, honest portrayal of freshman life.
The college-prep section of the bookstore now offers hundreds of
self-help books, many of them written by adults whose freshman
years are decades past. How To Survive Your Freshman Year offers a
holistic alternative: a book chock- full of humorous, contemporary
student-derived insights grounded with the educated wisdom of
higher-ed professional adults. Somewhere among the dirty laundry
and open boxes of Pop-Tarts, this book should find a home in
college dorms across the country.
ForeWord Reviews
Reviewers have called this guide unbelievably honest,” and
refreshingly free of sanctimony,” probably because it’s written
mostly by college students who have just experienced that first,
crazy year away from home. It offers advice on big steps like
choosing a major and living on a budget, as well as on finding
friends and dealing with dormitory food.
THE UTICA OBSERVER-DISPATCH
Both of my teens give this a "thumbs-up" and love this book. We all
agree that this should be something that everyone entering college
should read. Highly recommended!
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How to Survive Your Freshman Year -- the perennial best seller --
is brand new this year in a new 4th edition. Packed with over 1,000
pieces of real-life advice from hundreds of students who survived
their freshman year at more than 100 colleges across the country,
the book has become a must have and perfect high school graduation
gift. How to Survive Your Freshman Year offers great advice on how
to find friends and enjoy roommates, choose the best courses and
majors, ace classes and exams, live on a budget, master the social
scene, deal with college food and laundry and much more.
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