Monique Rinere
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Monique Rinere

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Countdown to College: The Essential Steps to Your Child's Success Launch is coming out in March 2019 from Penguin Random House! Why did I write this book? You see, I was a first-generation college student when I first set foot on a college campus many moons ago. After lots of meandering, studying seven languages, living in Germany for years, and changing my major five times, I earned a B.A. in German and Music in 1990 from the City University of New York (CUNY) Hunter College. Inspired by a college adviser, I applied for admission to Ph.D. programs and ended up earning one in Germanic Languages and Literatures from Princeton University. The book I published as a result is a sure cure for insomnia. But this one, Countdown to College, is designed to help parents of high school seniors, the so-called rising freshmen, ensure that their children make a successful transition to college. It passes on lessons I learned in all of these positions: After serving as the Director of Studies of Mathey College and then as the Residential College Dean of Butler College at Princeton, in 2006 I was the founding dean of Harvard College's Advising Programs Office at Harvard University. In 2009, I was recruited to Columbia University to serve as the Dean of Advising for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University in the City of New York. Currently, I am an Associate Vice President at The New School in the heart of Greenwich Village, working to support students in myriad creative ways. I have given dozens of talks to high school and college students and their parents on how to choose a college and excel there. I am represented by Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management. ​
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