Preparing for College

Series: Thirty Minutes Series

Duration: 0:23:00

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System | CRM/McGraw-Hill Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Offers inside information about college admissions procedures and the difficulties of the freshman year. Interviews University of Michigan freshmen, who describe their unpreparedness for college, both academically and socially. Follows with University of California Dean of Admissions Richard Moll, who discusses the importance of candidates' using admission forms to portray themselves as individuals. Comments on common misconceptions, such as admission to a prestigious college being the ticket to a guaranteed future., Offers inside information about college admissions procedures and the difficulties of the freshman year. Interviews University of Michigan freshmen, who describe their unpreparedness for college, both academically and socially. Follows with University of California Dean of Admissions Richard Moll, who discusses the importance of candidates' using admission forms to portray themselves as individuals. Comments on common misconceptions, such as admission to a prestigious college being the ticket to a guaranteed future.

Complete Record: , The first half of the film, shot on campus at the University of Michigan, presents interviews with freshmen who discuss how effectively or ineffectively their respective high school education prepared them for college. The second half presents a lively interview with Richard Moll, Dean of Admissions of the University of California, Santa Cruz, who gives advice about college applications. , Offers inside information about college admissions procedures and the difficulties of the freshman year. Interviews University of Michigan freshmen, who describe their unpreparedness for college, both academically and socially. Follows with University of California Dean of Admissions Richard Moll, who discusses the importance of candidates' using admission forms to portray themselves as individuals. Comments on common misconceptions, such as admission to a prestigious college being the ticket to a guaranteed future.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.