Books by ICC Staff
To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear
Mandee Heller Adler / David Teten
To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear delivers a step-by-step guide to accelerate your career, optimize your time, and build valuable and rewarding relationships.
Perfect for high school, college, and graduate school students who want to start their career on the right foot, To University and Beyond provides a wealth of actionable advice you can put to work today:
- Thrive in a virtual learning environment (updated for COVID-19)
- Write the perfect resume or CV
- Get paid to learn: free and salaried options, instead of traditional degree programs
- Access rarely used scholarships and grants
- Easy career kickstarts that most people don’t do
- Find selective short-term learning programs and exclusive communities for ambitious students
- Take advantage of the first 30 days of your new job
About the Authors
Mandee Heller Adler is the Founder and Managing Partner of International College Counselors, LLC, and its subsidiary Edit the Work. International College Counselors (ICC) is one of the world’s largest educational advising business, working with clients from over 30 countries and across 20 U.S. states. Mandee is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with Honors and two degrees—one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
David Teten is CEO of Versatile VC, a New York venture capital firm. He was previously a Managing Partner with HOF Capital; a Partner with ff Venture Capital; and Founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York, the largest angel group on the East Coast. He was previously Founder and CEO of Circle of Experts, an investment research firm acquired by Evalueserve. He was an M&A investment banker at Bear Stearns and a strategy consultant with Mars & Co in Brazil, Chile and the U.S. David holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA, both with Honors. He writes at teten.com.
Praise for To University & Beyond
To University and Beyond is the book that I wish I’d had as I was entering college and then embarking upon my own career. […] How I wish every newly minted college graduate I ever hired would have read To University and Beyond and done what Mandee and David recommend! This is by far the most practical guide to help you find early career success.
Patrick Mullane
Executive Director, Harvard Business School Online
My assessment of candidates has always been less quantifiable and based more on a gut feeling. Mandee and David have captured and organized the exact qualities that I’m looking for. Better still, they give specific instructions on how to obtain and demonstrate the experience that admissions and talent acquisition professionals like me are seeking.
Debbie Fredberg
Talent Acquisition Manager, Boston Consulting Group, Former Assistant Director of Admissions, Harvard Business School, Former Associate Director of Career Development, MIT Sloan School of Management
After reading this book, students will know not only what it means to be in the driver’s seat of their education and professional careers, but also what it looks like to play an active role in their own success.
Congressman Peter Deutsch
Member of the US House of Representatives (1993-2005)
From Public School to the Ivy League: How to get into a top school without top dollar resources
Mandee Heller Adler / Aimee Heller
Edited by Cheree Heller Liebowitz
Public school students CAN go to Ivy League schools. Do students really need the dedicated attention of a private school counselor in order to gain admissions to elite universities? What’s the secret? Gain the tools and resources needed to compete with the world’s top private school college counseling offices. Learn what you need to do in high school in order to stand out and to make a college want you. Recognize how to choose a school for yourself that suits your own needs and goals. Put your best self forward on college applications, in interviews, and during school visits. Know how to get your college experience paid for by others. Are you ready? Expert college counselor Mandee Heller Adler, founder of International College Counselors and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, will help you help yourself in an easy-to-follow way. The secret is that you don’t need deep pockets or a private school education to reach the Ivy League all you need is a little moxie, advanced planning, and this book!
About the Authors
Mandee Heller Adler is the Founder and Managing Partner of International College Counselors, LLC, and its subsidiary Edit the Work. International College Counselors (ICC) is one of the world’s largest educational advising business, working with clients from over 30 countries and across 20 U.S. states. Mandee is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with Honors and two degrees—one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Aimee Heller serves as the Director of Communications for International College Counselors and the Chief Operating Officer of Edit the Work. She is an award-winning advertising copywriter who knows how to best showcase a student’s unique achievements, personality and passion in 650 words or less (or more if the essay requirements specify). For 25 years, she worked in New York on a number of accounts including Coca-Cola, IKEA, The History Channel and Moët & Chandon. She also wrote for major news outlets including CBS and The Miami Herald. Aimee graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in communications and has a Master’s degree in education from City College of New York.
Praise for From Public School to the Ivy League
This is a wonderful resource for students and families navigating the increasingly complicated and stressful world of college admissions. The college application process is so different from when I applied, and there are so many more parts to it. It’s great to have a guide that’s clear, concise, and well-written. This book can help anyone – whether coming from a public or private school – or even home-schooled. And the advice it provides can help students apply to Ivy League schools and beyond. I especially love the templates in the book; they are extremely useful.
Julie S.
Amazon Customer
In the ocean of books claiming to lead your kids to Ivy, this is the only practical guide that works and covers all the aspects of the process. After my first purchase I bought several more as gifts to my friends having teens targeting high. The feedback is extremely positive.
KRASSIMIR ILIEV
Amazon Customer
The admissions process can be daunting, and this book gives much-needed guidance across everything from application essays and interview prep to SATs and social media. The advice is practical and goes well beyond obvious suggestions.
For anyone who wants to get into an Ivy League school, this book is well worth it. Great explanations and insights into the admissions process … from an author who has walked the talk successfully!
Laura
Amazon Customer
International Admissions: How to Get Accepted to U.S. Colleges
Mandee Heller Adler / Aimee Heller
With Cheree Heller Liebowitz
Gain the tools and resources needed to find and get into U.S. colleges and universities, including the world s top private and public schools. Learn what you need to do in high school and on your own time to make a college desire you as a student at their institution. Recognize how to choose a school that meets your needs and goals. Make your skills, achievements, and potential shine through on your college applications, in interviews, and during school visits. Learn how to make your background and experiences work for you. Are you ready? Expert college counselor Mandee Heller Adler and award-winning writer Aimee Heller will help you find success in an easy-to-follow way. All you need is the desire to study in the U.S., advanced planning, and this book!
About the Authors
Mandee Heller Adler is the Founder and Managing Partner of International College Counselors, LLC, and its subsidiary Edit the Work. International College Counselors (ICC) is one of the world’s largest educational advising business, working with clients from over 30 countries and across 20 U.S. states. Mandee is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with Honors and two degrees—one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Aimee Heller serves as the Director of Communications for International College Counselors and the Chief Operating Officer of Edit the Work. She is an award-winning advertising copywriter who knows how to best showcase a student’s unique achievements, personality and passion in 650 words or less (or more if the essay requirements specify). For 25 years, she worked in New York on a number of accounts including Coca-Cola, IKEA, The History Channel and Moët & Chandon. She also wrote for major news outlets including CBS and The Miami Herald. Aimee graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelors of Arts degree in communications and has a Master’s degree in education from City College of New York.
Cheree Liebowitz is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience in the key areas of strategic planning, customer relationships, and business development. Cheree was the Director of Marketing at Special Needs Group and a Senior Account Executive at Ogilvy. She is very involved in education in South Florida and was the School Advisory Forum Chair and Gifted Advisory Council liaison for Beachside Montessori Village in Hollywood for numerous years. She has also served on the City of Hollywood Education Advisory Committee since 2013 and holds the position of Vice-Chair of the committee. Cheree graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a minor in business while enrolled in the school’s Honors Program.
Praise for International admissions
Mandee Heller Adler is the founder and principal of International College Counselors, one of the world’s largest and most successful college and graduate school admissions counseling businesses. Aimee Heller is a writer and an essay expert for International College Counselors. Together they have collaborated to write “International Admissions: How to Get Accepted to U.S. Colleges”. This do-it-yourself instruction manual and guide will enable aspiring students to gain the tools and resources they will need to find and get into U.S. colleges and universities — including the world’s top private and public schools. Aspiring students will learn what they need to do in high school and on their own time to make a college desire them as a student at their institution. Students will recognize just how to choose a school that meets their particular needs and goals. Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, “International Admissions” will enable students to make their skills, achievements, and potential shine through on college applications, in interviews, and during school visits. Students will learn how to make their background and experiences work for them. Thoroughly ‘user friendly’, impressively informed and informative, efficiently practical, exhaustively comprehensive, real-world practical, “International Admissions” is unreservedly recommended for personal, highschool, community, and academic library College Entrance Guide instructional reference collections.
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