“Seven Secrets of College Acceptance”Presentations by Pulitzer-Winning Brown Alumnus in Orange County
Pulitzer Prize winner David Marcus ’82 will share his “seven secrets of college admissions” when he speaks at two Orange County schools in early February.
- The first presentation is Saturday, February 6 at
7:00 pm at Sage Hill School (20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast) in the Black Box Theater.
- The second is
Monday, February 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Corona del Mar High School
(2101 East Bluff Drive, Newport Beach) in the Lecture Hall.
Both
are open for free to Brown alumni and their children in grades 8-12.
His
talk will be about 45 minutes long followed by Q&A.
Here
are links to Dave’s book and and a couple of articles, as well as some PDFs.
Admissions
expert Dave Marcus will be giving practical tips for students and parents who are
thinking about the right college. Please encourage your children to attend
with you -- and join us for what will be an enlightening hour that also
will ease family tensions about admissions.
“Families in places like
Orange County have lost perspective about the college application game,” says
Marcus. “It’s not about test scores and stress. It’s about helping our
teenagers find their strengths.”
To research his first book, What
It Takes to Pull Me Through, Marcus volunteered at a boarding school with
struggling teenagers who had been sent away from home.
Marcus then authored the widely-praised
college admissions book, Acceptance - the true story of seven students applying to college.
Although he has studied and taught at Ivy League campuses, he cautions parents
not to get caught up in the “college name game.”
Marcus will discuss dozens of
“hidden gem” colleges that he’s visited across the country. He emphasizes that
what a student does in four years on campus is far more important than the
"ridiculous ranking" of the college. He also tells parents to emphasize
lifelong learning rather than college admissions.
A graduate of Brown
University, Marcus was a fellow at Harvard—yet he notes that a Spanish course
at a community college changed his life. That course led to a career as a
foreign correspondent that took Marcus to more than 50 countries. For his work
on newspaper articles about violence against women, he shared the Pulitzer
Prize.
Marcus, who lives in New
York, has been featured on the Today Show
and National Public Radio. His education and parenting commentaries for the New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes.com
and other publications have led to speaking invitations across the country.
The Brown Club of Orange County helped organize this appearance and invites you
to meet and hear Dave Marcus in person. Please contact Chiyo Rowe '82 with any questions at 949-903-9666 or chiyoir@gmail.com.
Journalists and those looking
for speakers at schools, churches and synagogues can contact David L. Marcus: Dave@DaveMarcus.com
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