College Success Book Author Completes $20,000 Book Giveaway

CINCINNATI, May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As high school graduation approaches, many students will receive great high school graduation gifts that will help them succeed in college. Computers, Kindles, college success books, and other resources—students will receive important college success tools that will prepare them to excel on campus.

But what about students who can't afford these resources? Patrick O'Brien, author of Making College Count: A Real World Look at How to Succeed In and After College, is trying to help. He has just completed a giveaway of more than 1200 copies of the new second edition of his college success book.

Books went out to a range of charitable organizations and schools: local chapters of Upward Bound, Reach for Excellence, the Peninsula College Fund, 10,000 Degrees, College Depot, Reality Changers, the Cristo Rey Network, Aspire, the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, Waukegan to College, and more than 50 other organizations and schools. The books that traveled the farthest went to the USA Education Advisor in Uzbekistan.

"I believe that the gift of college success is the best high school graduation gift you can receive, so I'm trying to put my college success book into the hands of students who cannot afford it but will benefit from it. It's my high school graduation gift to them," says O'Brien, author of the college success book.

This new second edition of Making College Count uniquely shows students how to take ownership of their college experiences, helping them choose a college and offering them a proven framework for college success in the classroom, in extracurricular activities, and at work. It explains in detail the Winning Characteristics that employers seek in job candidates, and it explains how to build those skills in college, opening doors to successful futures.

Making College Count is available at www.makecollegecount.com and in retail bookstores. It is a must-read for college parents and students committed to college success and is an ideal high school graduation gift.

Author Patrick O'Brien is the co-founder of Making It Count, which has delivered free success presentations to more than 23 million students. O'Brien has served as a syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services and as CEO of CollegeLink.com.

CONTACT:

Patrick O'Brien, Author
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (513) 225-3513

Paul Carey, MBC
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (513) 257-3396

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