Search: A Guide to College and Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986258329)

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Learn to make a budget, pick the right major and courses, or go to school living at home. SEARCH will help you understand social groups, survive spring break, overcome insecurity, and savor diversity. You will read about how to assess your date, cope with stalkers, and get through break-ups. Besides practical tips, it will help you address the flood of added freedoms, new ideas, and different ways of living and thinking you will experience. SEARCH is a thoughtful, compassionate, open-minded discussion of both the practical and philosophical realities of college and life that non-students will find relevant as well. Like life, college can be a challenging, soul-searching, gut-wrenching experience at times.College is a serious undertaking. It calls for a guide that takes college seriously. Luckily, its just a click away from being yours.

Author: Barbara Roquemore Edd,Jeff Duffey
ISBN-10: 0986258326
ISBN-13: 9780986258329
Publisher: Cairde, Karuna & Hedd Publishing, LLC
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2020
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d