Your College Admissions Game Plan: 50+ tips, strategies, and essential checklists for a winning college application for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Graders

The essential pocket guide to making the most of high school, updated for today’s ninth through 12th-graders.


Is it too early to start applying for college scholarships in ninth grade? Do I need to take AP classes? How important are extra curricular activities when I apply to college? These questions and many more are answered in this revised edition of Kaplan’s Your College Admissions Game Plan.  

This easy-to-use guide provides up-to-date information and over 50+ tips, strategies, and essential checklists for ninth, 10th-, 11th-, and 12th-graders to prepare them for college. It also provides information for parents and students on time management, stress reduction, and problem solving.

Conveniently portable, From Here to Freshman Year takes parents and students through high school with the ease of knowing that they took the right steps to prepare for college each year.

Must-know topics include: the application process and finding scholarships; campus visits; working with your guidance counselor; taking important tests like the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and AP exams; letters of recommendation; purchasing the right computer, and more.

This new edition has been updated with a new name, new cover, updated content, PLUS a new chapter from Kaplan's annual College Admissions Officer survey highlighting the key trends in college admissions at the top colleges and universities in the United States.