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The Real Freshman Handbook

Name: The Real Freshman Handbook
Author: Jennifer Hanson
ISBN: 9781616803544

by Jennifer Hanson

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Overview

In A Guide to College Life That is a Little More Realistic Than Felicity and a little more fun than Stanley Kaplan, Jennifer Hanson charts a course through the dips and bends of freshman year. Written with the collective "wisdom" of twelve college students from across the country, The Real Freshman Handbook is one of a kind -- a "handy and humorous book that will fit in any first-year's backpack" (Harvard University Gazette) and that offers an inside glimpse into the real deal on college life from those who have been there -- and survived. Hanson gives a crash course in avoiding freshman-year follies, from filling out roommate questionnaires and evaluating putative hangover remedies to writing papers and studying for exams. College-bound students will relish the down-to-earth advice on everything from changing tires to choosing majors, and parents can rest assured that they won't have to fund a new wardrobe because Junior didn't separate the colors from the whites. The advice throughout is insightful, smart, practical, and entertaining, proving that "Hanson has really done her homework" (U. Magazine).

About the Author, Jennifer Hanson

Jennifer Hanson, a proverbial professional student, is a graduate of Harvard University and a second-year law student at the University of Michigan. She has sought the advice and experiences of friends at colleges and universities all over the country to ensure a guide that will speak to all freshmen.

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College is about more than books and grades. Laundry, hangovers, roommates, you name it -- learn how to survive it all with the witty advice offered in The Freshman Handbook.