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Title: Unofficial Biased Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges by Trent Anderson, Seppy Basili ISBN: 0-7432-3054-X Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Picked up "quotes" from the internet
Comment: I used to think this college guide was one of the best around - it was witty, fun to read, seemed that the author's had actually VISITED the colleges they were talking about and interviewed students who currently attended those schools.

Imagine my disappointment when I recently discovered that many of the student "quotes" used in this book were picked up word for word from comments on sites like epinions.com and studentsreview.com. If guidebook authors are going to say or imply that they have actually TALKED to students or visited campuses, then the authors should actually SPEAK to current students not just regurgitate previously published quotes. This is especially true when those same quotes are available FOR FREE on college review sites.

Not all of the quotes in the book are taken from web sites like these, but enough are to make me feel that the authors aren't the "insiders" they claim to be. What a shame - great concept, fun to read, but I can't recommend a book that "borrows" from other sources so blatantly. At the very least, they could have credited the web sites they used to lift their quotes from.

Rating: 4
Summary: Funny, readable, and VERY helpful
Comment: After going through literally dozens of lugubrious, dripping-with-sincerity college guides, I bumbled across this outrageous piece of tactless, opinionated, politically-incorrect--and absolutely indispensable--commentary. It provides all the basics parents or students need to know, plus the sort of pithy remarks that describe a school in one vivid image, such as, "There are a lot of school spirits at Clemson (100 proof)" or "1600's on your SAT's may not be enough to get in at Harvard. Get a hobby--like winning Pulitzer Prizes."

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