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Finally, a self-orientation guidebook that explains college from a student's perspective. 100 THINGS helps students reduce the sometimes overwhelming, frustrating, and anxious feelings associated with the start of college. Professor William Disbro's informal survey with incoming freshmen has produced an interesting and enjoyable reading that makes sense out ot the new organizational structure we call college. What best describes 100 THINGS? It's an abridged college orientation catalog designed to help pre-college and college freshmen better understand the definitions, customs, procedures, and practices that can make adjustment to colleges and universities awkward and unnerving. Why is it valuable? 100 THINGS is an easy-to-read yet informative overview that quickly orients students to the sometimes confusing but interrelated parts of college. It clarifies the WHAT, WHY, HOW, WHEN, and WHAT IF's freshmen need to know about college to make a smoother transition. Why does it work? Ask STUDENTS! Professor Disbro did. 100's of them. Their responses provided information on what they felt was important in adjusting to the behahaviors, practices, and alternatives college presented. Those topics were developed into an easy-to-red and humorous format that helps open students' eyes to this place called college. They better under-stand it and learn the value of the college catalog's specific explanations of the various options available. Plus, many citations are linked to numerous web sites that offer direct linkages to further information on practically everyproblem associated with the transition to college. Why is it different? 100 THINGS is a warm and friendly 242-page book that is written in a short and sweet "bullet statement" format. It offers valuable tips and plain old good advice to help freshmen complete their own self-orientation to college on a 24/7 basis. It covers difficult issues in an enjoyable and humorous way that encourages freshmen to take responsibility for their own adjustment to college. Students learn college vocabulary and are empowered to ask specific questions about:-drop and add procedures-figuring their GPA-withdrawing vs. failing-college catalog descriptions/policies-course requirements, etc. With 100 THINGS, college bound and freshmen students learn the motivation to be responsible for themselves in learning to adjust to college. They'll feel better after reading about what makes college so different. They'll learn, "It's up to me and I can do it!" Parents will also find important value and support this reading for all college bound students. 100 THINGS offers students what others have said helped them adjust to college. As an orientation guide and problem-solving reference it helps students become more adept and self-moti-vated in starting their first critical 6 weeks of college adjustment. By using one line to one paragraph per page descriptions, 100 THINGS encourages students to follow Professor Disbro's advice..."Just sit back (i.e. under a tree, at McDonald's) and let's explore college from an artistic perspective...a little here, a little there." What results from reading 100 THINGS?Students become better informed as consumers and feel more comfortable exploring solutions to problems they face knowing they are not alone. It will head students in the right direction to gain answers to situations before they become problems. In so doing, 100 THINGS will become a first hand resource. It will be used repeatedly as each new adjustment problem occurs and will serve as an important problem solving resource most new students won't want to be without. Most will find 100 THINGS to be invaluable insurance to help embrace success in adjusting to college. One parent admitted his daughter learned more in reading 100 THINGS on the way home from orientation than she did the entire 3 days at the orientation. Over 250,000 readers agree. - from Amzon