An updated college handbook includes helpful tips from current students, ratings on the social scene and quality-of-life of schools, a list of each school's strongest majors, and a self-quiz to aid in picking the right school, including schools from the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. Original.
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I'm a fan of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Each profiled school is described by a well-crafted 1,000 to 2,500 word essay that draws on information from students, administrators, and independent research. The book is pleasingly readable with concise side boxes containing numerical data on SAT scores, retention rates, acceptance rates, and so on. Don't expect a ton of objective data in the Fiske Guide to Colleges. The lover of numbers would do better with the U.S. News and World Report Ultimate College Guide or Peterson's Four-Year Colleges. That said, numbers rarely tell the story of a school effectively. The essays in the Fiske Guide employ both subjective and objective information to capture the real "feel" of a school. Since picking the perfect college is more about a personality match than anything numerical, Fiske's efforts to capture the personalities of the schools should be applauded. -- Allen Grove "About.com" (09/08/2008)
About the Author:
Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as education editor of the New York Times, where he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He is also the author of the Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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- PublisherSourcebooks, Inc
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1402209592
- ISBN 13 9781402209598
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages782
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