Belinda H. Y. Chiu

The Mindful College Applicant (eBook, PDF)

Cultivating Emotional Intelligence for the Admissions Process

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In a time when crossing guards are posted to prevent high schoolers from jumping in front of trains and parents shelling out $100K for packaged college applications, education has become a mad race to grab the Ivy ring. Based on experience in admissions with the Ivy League and other highly competitive universities, emerging scientific evidence on the impact of emotional intelligence and mindfulness, and discussions with admissions officers, students, families, and high school counselors, this book is a guide on how to go through the existing, however brutish, college applications process with less stress and anxiety, and more joy and mindfulness. Equipped with the powerful tools of emotional intelligence and mindfulness, this work acknowledges the reality of what the process is, and challenges young people to reach for a more meaningful ideal for themselves. This book shares a look at the holistic admissions process and offers an alternative one to the current climate of untenable stress. This updated model aims to shift mindsets from treating the admissions process as a ruthless competition with one externally-prescribed definition of success, to a step in a lifelong journey of curiosity and wonder. By building self-awareness, compassion, resilience, it's possible to navigate the process with greater authenticity, balance, and joy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765177747
• Artikelnr.: 74844598

Autorenporträt

Kenneth M. Miller is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interests and publications include campaign finance, elections, and representation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: You're Going to Make It
I: From Anxiety to Awareness: The Case for Emotional Intelligence
1 Will Meditating Help Me Levitate?
2 The Brain Behind the Brain
3 Educating My Emotions
4 It's Not Just About You
5 A New Education
II: Inside the Ivy Tower: The Myth, the Legend, the Truth
6 It's Only Getting Worse
7 The Rumor Mill and the Gossip
8 Rolling the Dice and Betting on the House
9 Worrywarts and Worry-Nots
10 We're Only Human
III: Coloring Inside the Lines: What Has Been Still Is
11 Academics: Are You Ready to Take It Up a Notch?
12 Testing: Everyone's Favorite Saturday Pastime
13 Leadership: Queen Bees, Worker Bees, and Busy Bees
14 Accolades: Someone Thinks You're Special
15 Spirit: Showcase You, Don't Tell
IV: Charting a New Course: Whole-Being Well-Being
16 Awareness: What You Feel Is Not Who You Are
17 Thinking: Like a Jedi, Be
18 Listening: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
19 Alignment: Peak Performance at the Optimal Time
20 Self-Compassion: You're Pretty Darn Awesome
V: Go For It: Embracing Peaks and Valleys
21 College 101: What Your Prereqs Won't Teach You
22 A Preference for Manual Driving
Notes
About the Author