From Publishers Weekly
Finishing school and leaving behind all those exams and term papers is exhilarating. But the big bad world is also fraught with pressure. To help make the transition smoother, freelance writer Tara Bray presents "Why Won't the Landlord Take Visa?": The Princeton Review's Crash Course to Life After Graduation. Funny and frank, Bray covers the basics on navigating newfound independence, from finding an apartment and cooking on a budget to landing a job and negotiating the work environment from bosses to dress codes. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
Graduation is supposed to a blast, but the transition from college to the real world can seem rough and very confusing. How does one manage it? Take a deep breath, relax, and read this book.

The Princeton Review walks the reader through this, step by step, and helps make sense of it all--from finding a place to live and a job to entertainment on a budget.

Everything new grads need to know is in here, including:

• Exploring career choices and getting the best job
• Finding a place to live--without going crazy
• The skinny on networking, internships, temp agencies, and other ways to get a foot in the door
• Eating inexpensively, without living on ramen and pizza
• Recreation beyond TV and dollar draft nights
• Working out a budget that new grads can really live with and tips for surviving on the cheap
• Alternatives to the 9-to-5 grind, from dot-coms and the arts to working abroad and grad school
• Taking care of opening bank accounts, paying bills, and getting insurance
• The Tao of home furnishing: selecting the essential pieces

Contents Include:

I Mental and Emotional Preparation
II What You Want
III Helter Shelter
IV Good Food
V The Practical Details of Living on Your Own
VI Now That's Entertainment
VII On the Cheap
VIII Starting Early
IX Where do I Find a Job?
X How Do I Get the Job?
XI I Got the Job--Now What?
XII The Life of a Dot-Com
XIII A Career in the Arts
XIV Putting It Off

From the Inside Flap
Graduation is supposed to a blast, but the transition from college to the real world can seem rough and very confusing. How does one manage it? Take a deep breath, relax, and read this book.

The Princeton Review walks the reader through this, step by step, and helps make sense of it all--from finding a place to live and a job to entertainment on a budget.

Everything new grads need to know is in here, including:

• Exploring career choices and getting the best job
• Finding a place to live--without going crazy
• The skinny on networking, internships, temp agencies, and other ways to get a foot in the door
• Eating inexpensively, without living on ramen and pizza
• Recreation beyond TV and dollar draft nights
• Working out a budget that new grads can really live with and tips for surviving on the cheap
• Alternatives to the 9-to-5 grind, from dot-coms and the arts to working abroad and grad school
• Taking care of opening bank accounts, paying bills, and getting insurance
• The Tao of home furnishing: selecting the essential pieces

Contents Include:

I Mental and Emotional Preparation
II What You Want
III Helter Shelter
IV Good Food
V The Practical Details of Living on Your Own
VI Now That's Entertainment
VII On the Cheap
VIII Starting Early
IX Where do I Find a Job?
X How Do I Get the Job?
XI I Got the Job--Now What?
XII The Life of a Dot-Com
XIII A Career in the Arts
XIV Putting It Off

About the Author
A resident of New York City by way of Hawaii, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Chicago, Tara Bray is a graduate of Dartmouth College as well as Columbia University's School of the Arts. When she's not writing, Tara likes to spend her time trying to figure out how to pay the rent. This is her first book.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Here is the answer to every recent graduate's prayers -- an instruction book for life, with advice on everything from finding an apartment to setting up a checking account to balancing a career in the dot.com world.

Over 500,000 registered users on the Princeton Reviews review.com web site will be clamoring for this book after seeing it in the career forum -- one of the hottest areas on the site. The book's author will be the site's resident "Real World Expert" and will be answering questions, moderating chats, and promoting this book to exactly the right audience.

More than 2 million students receive degrees each year and are thrust into the "real world" without a compass. Includes advice on:Finding an apartment, choosing roommatesChoosing a bank and managing financesFinding a jobMaking connections and networkingUsing employment agencies and career counselorsTempingFreelancing and surviving without benefitsGraduate School.

FROM THE CRITICS

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