Applying to college can be a daunting process, but with the expert help of CliffsNotes, you'll get all the advice you need to navigate your way through the entire admission process and get into the school of your dreams. Inside, you'll get:: What College Admission Officers Are Looking for. What You Should Be Looking for in Colleges. Planning Worthwhile Campus Visits. How to Write a Winning Personal Statement. Do's and Don'ts for Essay Writing. Sample Essays That Worked. Application Nuts and Bolts. How to Salvage Your Senior Year. How to Pay for College. Appendices Packed with Useful Web Sites and National Scholarships. AUTHOR: Karen Wolf, M.S., is a college guidance counselor at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) High School, a private high school in Cedarhurst, New York. She is a certified School Counselor, having received her M.S. in Education from Hofstra University. She has a second Master's Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has a B.A. in Psychology with an adjunct in Management from Binghamton University, State University of New York. Before becoming a college guidance counselor, Karen held several positions in the public and private sectors as a management consultant and a training-and-development/organization-development professional.