Secrets from the Cradle to College Admission at MIT and the Ivy League
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“Secrets from the Cradle to College Admission at MIT and the Ivy League” provides a guide for parents and students to collaborate in preparing for academic excellence. This book provides an encyclopedic reference for students with parental mentoring to prepare for personal growth, and for self-empowerment. The book has been translated into Mandarin Chinese reflecting a global interest in its contents.
All children born have a unique potential to achieve excellence in life. How can we promote more guidance information for parents to lay the foundation for success in their children’s lives? The stakes are high because the triumph of children will determine the destiny of global civilization. Each parent has a critical role to play in their children’s success. Parents worldwide are anxious to get their children ahead in life. Selective colleges like MIT and Harvard are viewed as avenues to that goal. Competition has reached peak intensity for admission into these influential colleges.
In the 21st Century, our youth needs more than ever to optimize their potential, strive for excellence, and lead an ethical, balanced life. The book’s theme is preparation for life, and the focus is on gaining admission to highly selective colleges like MIT. Most importantly, it is written from a parent’s perspective and written with details of steps to take from preschool through high school. These are “Tiger Parents” with a heart and a sense of equilibrium.
Part One addresses the need for a value system, the importance of goals, and the development of good study habits. Part Two focuses on improving academic skills, and gaining competence in sports and extracurricular activities. Interwoven in the book is the author’s son experiences and how they led to his acceptance at MIT and 12 other top universities. Part Three discusses key strategies for the college application process in profuse detail. It covers the principals of admissions, recommendations, the essay, interviews, financial aid and managing wait 1ists. Critical-issue lists have been deployed throughout the book to promote practical usage. Examples of key ideas that proved successful for college preparation are explained in profuse detail. Getting the thick envelope of admission to a selective college is the major goal of the book, and self-mastery is the principle. This book fills the void of ideas, from a family perspective, concerning a long-term strategy for opening the doors to limitless opportunities. The book is hoped to aid society in preparing our youth to be productive and happy citizens.
Earl Ernest Guile has also written Antarctic Collapse (a novel about climate change), Secrets to a Richer Life (illuminating interviews with citizens from five continents) and). Born in Florence, S.C., he grew up during the civil rights struggle and successfully protested the segregation of the Florence Public Library. He is a former university professor who studied at Morehouse College, Bowdoin College, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California at Berkeley, and at Harvard University with degrees in biology, dental medicine and public health epidemiology. He has pursued cell biology research at Oak Ridge National Laboratories and at the University of Helsinki. He later took the risk to pursue work in the Third World, first in Cameroon and subsequently in Hong Kong, Suriname, and Saudi Arabia. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. The writer has a fervent belief that advances in science, technology, and universal educational access should be focused like a laser beam to eliminate world poverty, disease, and ignorance, as well as, solve critical problems of energy, clean water, food production, nutrition, and environmental stewardship. He has two sons, practices Tai Chi, has traveled to over 62 countries, and presently resides with his wife in Portland, Oregon.
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