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Title: Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges : The Parent Soup Financial Aid and College Guide by Bruce G. Hammond ISBN: 1-58238-030-9 Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Adequate information for anxious college hopefuls
Comment: Overall the book was comprehensive enough in the sense that it covered about 360 summaries on individual colleges and the types of unique financial aid that they offer. It also acts somewhat in part as a college guide because the author separates the colleges according to the most competitve, the highly competitive, and the competitive ones while also listing their individual acceptance rates. There is also significant info on FAFSA and PROFILE forms and a history on the federal government's policy on giving financial aid. The only thing that I warn potential readers is that the deadlines listed regarding the colleges are dreadfully outdated in many of the universities included here. Also, it would've been helpful if he had included the average financial aid package per college or the address of the college just for reference. This is a pretty sufficient book though for those who want to get the whole scheme of things and a little bit more, and for those who want to get a head start on the financial aid game. When I applied for financial aid to my colleges, I always had this book handy - so the money spent in buying this was overall not wasted.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very helpful!
Comment: This is a precise, insightful reference for people seeking relevant information in readable form about the complex topic of financial aid. It has been a popular resource among our high school seniors. Highly recommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: A canny hybrid of lists, resources and pithy profiles
Comment: This book is divided roughly in half between a savvy analysis of recent trends in college finance and financial aid and thumbnail sketches of over 300 of the top colleges and universities in the country. The balance seems about right. When one's eyes begin to glaze over from the sheer volume of acronyms and hair splitting definitions of "need-blind" and and other terms of art, one can always flip to the college profiles and read a refreshingly frank exposition on, say, the difference between Wesleyan, Amherst and Williams. The fact that no one description exceeds one paragraph makes for exceptional doctor's office or short sit reading.
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Title: How to Go to College Almost for Free by Ben Kaplan ISBN: 0060937653 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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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 Getting into the Right College (Fiske Gide to Getting into the Right College) by Edward B. Fiske, Bruce G. Hammond ISBN: 1570719063 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Best 351 Colleges, 2004 Edition by Robert Franek, Princeton Review ISBN: 0375763376 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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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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