Admission Zen

College Pathways president Stephen Burleigh hosts this guide to making the transition from high school to college, breaking down a process that is often unnecessarily complicated and stressful. He outlines a common-sense approach to assessing goals, planning a curriculum, finding colleges that are a good fit, evaluating early-decision options, applying for financial aid and more. The hour-long program incorporates a little hokum in the form of animated characters (totally extraneous, in our opinion) but otherwise offers valuable tips and insights.

Shelf Talk: This DVD is targeted to a very specific constituency—high school students planning to apply to colleges. If properly promoted to that group, it should do extremely well, as there’s nothing quite like it in the market.