The Black Girl's Guide to College Success - What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know is a Book That Finally Provides Students With Tools to Navigate College Successfully
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New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - Information is power. And now, college students will be more equipped than ever before to navigate college successfully. Today, author Sheryl Walker, introduces a break through book geared at black girls entering college titled, The Black Girl's Guide to College Success-What No One Really Tells You About College That You Must Know.
To many people's surprise, black students entering college usually represent first or second generation college students. This means students have no direct resources available to give concrete advice on how to manage the sometimes daunting college world. There are books that tell you how to get into college, but few that show you how to navigate college successfully once you're actually there.
Talk to any college graduate and you will hear tons of "I wish I had known that BEFORE going to school." The Black Girl's Guide To College Success provides a blueprint to succeed in college. The book covers topics that most students tend to learn through a terrible game of trial and error. Topics include choosing the right major, obtaining internships every summer during college, and maintaining a high GPA beginning first semester freshman year.
The Black Girls Guide to College Success also contains information regarding balancing relationships and extracurricular activities, and tough issues like combating feelings of inferiority. There are several serious topics discussed, but Sheryl reminds readers that college is also a time to have fun. Life becomes a little easier when you don't have to figure out EVERYTHING on your own. Many black women have graduated from college and have been successful. Having a heads up on how to navigate college successfully will only increase that population.
The Black Girl's Guide to College Success not only defies the myth that all you have to do is study and get good grades to be successful in college, it leaves you wishing there was a Black Girl's Guide for every stage of life! If you're serious about college success, The Black Girl's Guide to College Success is the book black female college students must have!
Sheryl Walker is a recent graduate from the University of Maryland-College Park and currently works at a Big 4 public accounting firm in NY.
Reader Comments:
"It is a really good read! I like the way it's written because it's like I am talking to you face to face. It's down to earth. It's funny because so much stuff that you wrote are things that I realized much later in college. Things as simple as buy your books ahead of time so that you could get the used copies...As I read I can't help but to smile and nod my head, thinking if someone only told me this before I started college. It definitely will be
helpful to many girls." -- Angela (2005 college graduate - Englewood, NJ)
"I am fortunate to have found out about you...The sisters here are really struggling!!!!! We need to be empowered. The book is fantastic and I can relate with the extracts I read. You have achieved so much and have shown me that anything is possible!" --Thandie (sophomore at Goldsmiths college - London, England)
"I just wanted to let you know that I received my copy of your book on Friday and my whole family is reading your book. We were a little busy this weekend so we didn't get too far yet but so far we love it!! You are helping us out soo much. We just came back from visiting another college and I think this is the one she is going to attend. I can't wait to finish the book and use all your tips and insight to start my daughter off with lots of knowledge! --Lisa (mother of a junior in high school - New York, NY)
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