How to Thrive at College

“A valuable manual –  if only preteens and parents would read this together, chapter by chapter.”  –Marshall Forstein, MD, Psychiatry Residency Training Director, CHA, Harvard Medical School, 2002-2021, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School  ""How to Thrive at College promises to provoke a needed change in the conversation about mental health on college campuses. And this is Dr. Ross as her colleagues see her - in the break room, with her feet on a chair and a pencil behind her ear, telling stories that are relatable to everyone.  These are the kind of stories that make you late to your next meeting.”  –Judy T. Platt, MD, Chief Health Officer and Executive Director, Boston University Student Health Services  “Chock full of original ideas and refreshing perspectives, it will be an invaluable read for anyone headed to college or hitting bumps while there, and for the adults in their lives supporting them along the way.”  –Sharon Jacobs, MD, Associate Director of Psychiatry, Boston University Student Health Services  “A cheat sheet to a happy life! In the most entertaining, whimsical and compassionate manner possible, Thilde Ross breaks down the endless stream of complicated and contradicting instruction on how to succeed in the world.” –Meghan Sanzari, Director of Case Management, Boston University Student Health Services  “As a college professor and mom of a high-achieving teenager daughter, this was the book I didn’t know I needed. Through bite-sized stories about her patients, Dr. Ross provides a peek at the inner workings of an adolescent mind. And I love that much of her advice to them is commonsense.”  –Elizabeth Bucar, Professor of Religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University   “In our age of anxiety, this book’s wisdom meets the moment: let’s treat the sources of the problem and build resilience once again in our kids. Ross explains how with empathy and wit.” –Elaine Dimopoulos, parent and award-winning children’s author