If Only I Had Known: Smart College Decisions that Pay Off Handsomely - Michael Raulin - Bog

College is challenging, but with the right skills, attitudes, and techniques, you can do well in college. How do you not only succeed in college but prosper? If your goal requires graduate or professional school, you have to do extremely well in college to be competitive; so, how do you compete? Besides good grades, what factors will make you stand out from the hundreds of other applicants? How do you build the skills and attitudes that will help you to succeed in extremely competitive academic and professional environments? This book answers all these questions and more. College is a major life transition, and how well one does in college will have a huge impact on one's career success. This book is geared to serious college students who anticipate that their career choices will involve advanced education. It focuses on strategies that will improve performance in college and will build the kind of resume that will make students more competitive for graduate or professional school. The strategies will also make college students more competitive in the job market. Many students who could be more competitive are not because, by the time they learn how, it is too late to build the resume that they need. With the right information, students can make better decisions that will make them stand out from other students. Dr. Raulin has taught both undergraduate and graduate students for over 35 years. He has mentored more than 50 graduate students and well over 250 undergraduates, and many of his students have gone on to distinguished careers. He has read thousands of Ph.D. applications in clinical psychology, which is one of the most competitive programs at almost every major university. He has mentored more than a hundred undergraduates who were able to get into such competitive programs. He has authored two successful textbooks and won numerous awards for his teaching and service. He has been blessed with outstanding students, in part because he routinely devotes considerable effort to their mentoring.