Gustavo Gac-Artigas'

From High School to College  

Boarding Pass to Success

The road to get into the best colleges in America

Edited and translated by Dr. Priscilla Gac-Artigas

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           This inspirational book traces the journey of a first generation migrant Hispanic family in “the land of opportunities,” and their challenging, but successful struggle to bring their children into Ivy League universities against all odds.

            The story is complemented with practical information, gathered from the experience of this family and extended research done by the author, on how to prepare to win the race for college: A five-page detailed chart, “The Landmarks Along the Road,” that shows, step by step, what needs to be done throughout the four years of high school, indicating not only deadlines, but approximate starting dates which will allow students to complete each step on time; an extensive list of useful URLs of sites with free practice tests, and a helpful section on how and where get funding for college.

          Coming back home after leaving our daughter in what is reputed to be one of the best universities in the United States, Columbia, in our old car we cried of sadness; she was the first one to leave home. We also cried of happiness for her success.

We were getting out of the tunnel that connects New York to new Jersey when we heard the voice of our son from behind that said, “I want to go to Harvard.”

Gustavo Gac-Artigas, Chilean, writer and theater director, is the author of Ado’s Plot of Land (El solar de Ado), Tiempo de soñar, Un asesinato corriente and ¡E il orbo era rondo! (novels).

Dalibá, la brujita del Caribe (short stories).

Pablo Pueblo, El país de las lágrimas de sangre o nosotros te llamamos Chile Libertad, Gonzalito o ayer supe que puedo volver, El huevo de Colón o Coca-Cola les ofrece un viaje de ensueños por América Latina y Descubrimentando (plays).

Exiliadas (poems). 

 Dr. Priscilla Gac-Artigas, Puerto Rican, a specialist in Latin American literature, is the Chair of the Department of Foreign Language Studies at Monmouth University, NJ.

She has published Melina, conversaciones con el ser que serás (memoir), two reference books for the teaching of Spanish and French, and many critical essays on Latin American women writers.

Editor of the critical anthology Reflexiones, ensayos sobre escritoras hispanoamericanas contemporáneas, (2 Vols.) published in the USA and in Spain.

Translator of Yo, Alejandro, my/our Story (English to Spanish) and of El solar de Ado (Ado’s Plot of Land) from Spanish to English.

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