Look for Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right College - And Find Themselves.

It's an unusual book -- true stories of kids mixed with advice from an expert (not me, fortunately).

And it's coming in July. I know you're all busy, so I kept this book blissfully short. Thanks to all the students and teachers who have criqued the manuscript. To get alerts about author's readings, please email me: bookdave [a] gmail.com ....

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  • Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 20:56

    The paperback of the book, out now, has practical pointers for college applicants.

    It also has Smitty's list of "40 Overlooked Gems" - colleges that more students should consider.

    Here's Smitty's comment on one of those colleges:

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 22:28

    Some readers asked about my piece on the quadruplets from Long Island's Mele family. Here's my Newsday follow-up about the decision by the two girls and two boys to attend the same college:

    a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/...

  • Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 14:36

    Here’ an unusual look at the admissions process of a state university. It ran on Sunday March 6 in Newsday.
    (Access for most of our stories is limited to subscribers and Cablevision customers, but here’s the URL:
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