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Title: The Best 345 Colleges, 2003 Edition by Robert Franek ISBN: 0-375-76255-8 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Proceed with a wary eye
Comment: The Princeton Review tries hard to provide the dry statistics, as well as some insights into the personalities of the schools. And this is valuable. But if this book is anything like their website, I'd be concerned about inaccuracies. Maybe it was the Princeton Review folks, or maybe it was schools' failures to provide accurate information, but there were very good schools that I had initially ruled out because The Princeton Review indicated they didn't offer the major I was looking for, I subsequently found out from other sources (including the schools themselves) that they did indeed offer that major. To me, this is a huge failing - decisions are being made on what one thinks is accurate info, when it is actually suspect. As a result, I wasted time, instead of saved time.
Rating: 5
Summary: What You Need To Know
Comment: This book is very good for info, stats, etc on colleges. But what I never really thought about, and it's needed before making this huge decision, is what college education is really all about in the USA. This is huge. You have to know this. I searched, and was told that the best book to read for that is Norman Thomas Remick's "West Point: Character Leadership Education...". Itwas great. Then I went on with my search for a college in "The Best 345 Colleges" by Robert Franek, armed with greater understanding of what it's all about. I recommend everyone doing the same.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is crucial for any prospective college student.
Comment: I bought this book in the end of my junior year of high school. With this book I was able to learn about all the colleges that my high school counselor or anybody else recommended, and I could get a comprehensive view of the school. With this book, I could learn about things beyond academia.
When it came to my finaly decision to apply to schools, there were some schools that I found by just browsing through the book that I applied to. Which was helpful, because I could look further than the schools my counselor liked sending students to. Four out of the eight schools I applied to, came from browsing the book.
Note: I made further inquiries about prospective schools, but this book was where I discovered the the prospective schools.
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Title: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2003 by Edward B. Fiske ISBN: 1570719578 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2003 (29th Edition) by Daily News Yale ISBN: 0312281285 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 25 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student by Loren Pope ISBN: 0140296166 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2004 (Fiske Guide to Colleges) by Edward B. Fiske, Robert Logue ISBN: 1402200609 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Unofficial Biased Insider's Guide to the 320 Most Interesting Colleges by Trent Anderson, Seppy Basili ISBN: 074323054X Publisher: Kaplan Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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