Virtual Author Talk: Irena Smith, "College Admissions and Redefining Success for Parents of Teens"

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Irena Smith gives her presentation "College Admissions and Redefining Success for Parents of Teens," and discusses her book The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays.

With another college application season around the corner, we are looking forward to this must watch talk with Irena Smith, PHD, on Thursday, August 15 at 1 PM CT via digital live-stream in partnership with Carnegie-Stout Public Library!   You will hear about constructive and healthy ways to approach the college application process, preserve your relationship with your teen, and help them define success on their terms instead of chasing the elusive “golden ticket.” #goldenticket #collegeadmissions #irenasmithphd #success

About the Author: Irena Smith is an author, former Stanford admissions officer, independent college counselor, and mother of three extraordinary children. She emigrated from the former Soviet Union with her parents when she was nine years old. In spite of her fierce insistence that she would never, not ever, learn English, she went on to earn a BA in English and then a PhD in Comparative Literature (both from UCLA, where she received a Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award and Dissertation Year Fellowship). Irena taught literature and composition at UCLA and Stanford before transitioning to college admissions, college advising, and writing. Her recently published memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays is the winner of the Story Circle Network's Gilda Award, named in honor of comedian Gilda Radner to recognize honest, authentic writing that "makes us laugh even when we want to cry."