college choice

"Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no"--Jacket flap.

Profiles over three hundred American colleges and universities, providing information on academics, student life, athletics, distinguished alumni, admissions, financial aid, post-graduate success, and related topics, and featuring quotations and statistics on student composition, class sizes, admissions rates, deadlines, costs, and more.

Profiles colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland featuring information on the academic climate, social and extracurricular scenes, admissions requirements, and financial aid deadlines of each institution, and lists schools the author believes provide the best educational value.

Provides information on how to begin a search for a college, offering advice on the application and interview process, financial aid, and writing an essay; and including listings of top schools in a variety of categories such as conservative, nonconformist, top women's colleges, and bargain.

Presents information about the college admissions process, figuring out financial aid, and getting into the university of your choice.

Profiles 382 colleges considered to be the best based on polls of students, and ranks them within sixty-two categories, such as academics, administration, quality of life, politics, demographics, town life, extracurriculars, and the social scene.

Presents practical, effective strategies and ideas to help students and parents pay for college.

Profiles colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland featuring information on the academic climate, social and extracurricular scenes, admissions requirements, and financial aid deadlines of each institution, and lists schools the author believes provide the best educational value.

With her family's farm failing, Tessa's best hope of attending college is a soccer scholarship but the offer her best friend helps arrange would mean giving up her boyfriend.

Highlights fifty colleges that provide research, internship, and hands-on learning programs both in the classroom and in the real world.