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"Making it to Graduation" is a "must have" for anyone beginning college. Many instructors of college success courses say it is a favorite book and they highly recommend it for high school graduates who want to know more about what to expect in college. It is full of tips and recommendations seldom found in other books of this type. When someone begins reading "Making it to Graduation," that person can rarely put it down! The overall goal of this book is to help students advance intellectually, socially, and academically. Two college professors wrote this book in response to the many capable students they saw who either received poor grades or who got lost in the vast college system. The result, "Making it to Graduation" is an artistic, up-to-date text with valuable pointers that are sure to save a lot of headaches and misunderstandings. The book is characterized as the "unwritten course" that is never taught but has the information that beginning college students are expected to know. Many parents and high school counselors have said that this text would be an excellent high school graduation gift and should also be a "required" text for college orientation.

The importance of expanding one's vocabulary can never be over- emphasized. The relationship of having a large vocabulary and student success is well documented. "Vocabulary University Professors Say All College Students Should Know" has 205 vocabulary terms and expressions that student should know before entering college. Since words are the "tools of communication," knowing these words will help in the comprehension of the oral language in classes and presentations and the written language of textbooks and assigned readings. The main objective in this book is, "If you are going to college, then sound like it!" because a large vocabulary is associated with educated people. This textbook creatively helps students learn the Big 205 with ten different, motivating activities. In addition, the first three chapters teach students how to use the words to write compound, complex and compound complex sentences. This ensures that the Big 205 words are not only learned, but that students can use the newly acquired words in sentences, speech, paragraphs, and essays.