The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Into Top Colleges

Ian R. Leslie received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Albany in New York, with a minor in journalism. A freelance writer, he was director of marketing for the Lowcountry Economics Network, an economic development firm in Beaufort, South Carolina. He is the coauthor of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Into Top Colleges.

Marna Atkins runs Atkins College Counseling, a private college counseling business. She retired in 2008 after 30 years as a guidance counselor at Albany (New York) High School, where she helped students gain admission to many of the country’s top colleges, including Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth, and the University of Pennsylvania.