This book gives students inside information - but only what they truly need to create exceptional college and scholarship applications. The authors have taken their combined 30+ years of experience working with competitive selection processes and simplified it in an easy-to-use guide. All the Wisdom and None of the Junk gives students the techniques they need to excel in the high-stakes college application process by taking readers step by step through actual prompts and sample responses to the Common Application (accepted by nearly 700 colleges and universities) and the Boettcher Scholarship Application.