Lance A. Millis

author of College Prep 101

November 4, 2015

Lance Millis is creator and author of College Prep 101. He has nearly 18 years of experience at OSU, including seven in the Office of High School and College Relations and more than 10 in student academic services. He has been involved in new student enrollment, teaches freshman orientation class and has won campus awards for academic advising. Millis has been advisor to student organizations, a volunteer for new student orientation, served on and headed selection committees for student scholarships and awards and headed the school's enrollment appeals committee. Millis also created award-winning, CollegePrep-101 as well as College Answer Guy web sites aimed at helping high school students prepare for, select and successfully transition to college. Together, the two sites and the book provide tons of information for those involved in the process of selecting a college, their parents, and educational professionals who work with them. Millis holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees from OSU (Recreation Management and Interdisciplinary Sciences, respectively) and is a graduate of Bartlesville High School. In college, Millis was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Phi Epsilon Kappa Honorary Fraternity and served as OSU's mascot, Pistol Pete. Millis is married and has two children.

College Prep 101 aims to help high school students, their parents, and those who work with them, prepare for and be successful in college. It's the result of over a decade of creating and managing a web site with the same name and the author's spending seven years recruiting high school students and more than a decade in academic advising at Oklahoma State University. Written in a very readable, no-nonsense style, the book contains chapters like: Planning for College, Choosing a College, College Entrance Exams, The Application Process, Visiting College Campuses, College and Money, Making the Transition to College, What to Bring to College, Sharpening your Study Skills, Time Management and Thoughts for Parents. The author's philosophy is the more a student knows about what to expect from the college selection process, and from college in general, the more likely he or she is to be successful. Everyone should be able to pick out pieces of advice they can use, from the high-achieving scholar to the 'just-getting-by' average joe, to either's parents.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2008-honorees/lance-millis

Last Updated: 14 January 2022