Last year, Mamaroneck High School senior Cole Yaverbaum began her college search process. About the same time, her father Eric, an author of six books, decided it was time to write another. The two put their heads together and decided a book to help college applicants would be the perfect way to team-up.

"We thought it would be really cool to combine our two projects," Cole said. "Looking back on it, it was so helpful to me because I got to do research as I was experiencing the process."

The result was "Life's Little College Admissions Insight," offering top tips from the country's most acclaimed guidance counselors.

"This is my first kid going to college and the first time you look at it, it's one giant mountain of misunderstanding. The one common denominator of all my books was that I sort of killed two birds with one stone, and whatever I was going through in life, I wrote a book about it," Eric said. "This is one of those situations in life where I was going to say, 'If I only knew then what I know now,' so I thought it would be great to write a book about this with my daughter."

The two contacted guidance counselors around the country and made a list of six generic questions and the answers, the responses to which comprise the chapters of the book.

"We took all the responses and sifted through them and added the best responses to the book," Cole said. "There was a lot of similar advice but we discovered a lot of cool things."

One of her favorite pieces of advice was "Do not visit your top college choice first," since once you see it, inevitably after that, no other school will measure up.

"Cole really embraced this and wanted to do it, so it seemed like a great way to spend time with my kid," Eric said. "It was great in so many ways…I was sort of floored how she carried herself throughout, including how she does interviews. She's so grounded, so poised and did such a fantastic job and we got a lot of free advice that helped guide us through this process."

The book should help anyone who is beginning the process of applying to colleges learn what to expect. In addition to the chapters highlighting the guidance counselors' tips, Eric and Cole each provide their own personal assessment of what the process was like.

You can read the book in an hour and read 100 great tips from very experienced and tenured guidance counselors. Cole said it definitely helped her and she is looking forward to starting the college phase of her life next fall.

"I'm pretty sure that I am going to go to Colby College in Maine, although it's not definite right now," she said. "I'd like to major in English, but I love language—I'm almost fluent in Spanish—and I definitely want to go abroad somewhere Spanish speaking."

As for whether the two will team up for another book, both parties would like it, but aren't sure if it will happen.

"I'm a big advocate of the partnership of the parent with the young adult, but I'd like her to take a four-year break and do college," Eric said.

Cole definitely wants to do another book, but something along a different path. "I don't know if this is the type of book I want to write, as this is more informative, rather than creative, but we'll see."