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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 (Fiske Guide to Colleges) | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward B Fiske
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 918
Media: Paperback
Edition: 25
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 848
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1402209592
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.02573
EAN: 9781402209598
ASIN: 1402209592
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
For more than 20 years, this leading guide to more than 300 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip, honest and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delivers an insider's look at the academic climates and the social and extracurricular scenes at the "best and most interesting" schools in the U.S., plus Canada and Great Britain. The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 is a tool to help you make the most intelligent educational investment you can. With The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009, you'll get: - The #1 Bestselling College Guide
- The guide that is most trusted by guidance counselors, students, and parents
- A book packed with tips from current students about the ins and outs of their schools Fiske's exclusive academic, social, and quality-of-life ratings for each school
"I happen to prefer the Fiske Guide for its combination of compressive facts and figures and personal anecdotes and descriptions of each campus. They may take a bit longer to read than a quick reference guide, but each entry leaves you with an indelible impression of the academic and social life at the college in question." - Excerpt from The Truth About Getting In, by Katherine Cohen, founder of IvyWise The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 also includes: - Fiske's exclusive academic, social and quality-of-life ratings
- The 40+ schools that deliver the best education at the most reasonable costs
- Lists of each school's strongest majors and programs
- Candid tips from each school's current students
- A self-quiz to help understand which college is right for a student
- Vital information on how to apply
- "Overlap" listings to help students expand their options
- Selectivity statistics and SAT and ACT ranges
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 good book.. but old school October 10, 2008
this is a good book, but i can't help but to think that the old school college guidebook is a little outdated in today's tech-savvy world. i'm looking for a searchable tool, somewhere where i can enter in specific criteria that i'm looking for in a college and subsequently find the perfect college for me. i'd realy suggest using a website such as www.campuscompare.com that incorporates the quantitative information available in such a guidebook with the student-reviews and digital media that reveals the personality of the school, all in a searchable database, online format that i am familiar with.
 A useful guide! October 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Fiske Guide presents thorough information on a remarkable number of schools. In addition to basic enrollment statistics, this book provides up-to-date contact information for admissions departments, enrollment deadlines, a list of the school's strongest programs/departments, a list of similar ("overlap") schools for each college or university, and an in-depth discussion of academic and social life at each school. Well-researched and accurate. I am an academic counselor, and I refer to this book *constantly*. It is far superior to other college guides I have read. A must-have for anyone embarking on the college search process.
Detailed information with useful student feedback August 25, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is one of the best college guides out there. It has a lot of great detailed information on the colleges including quotes from students. The number of colleges profiled is just right--enough to provide some options but not so many that it's overwhelming. I really like how Fiske shares which colleges are similar to the one you're interested in. That makes the college search a little easier.
Must-have for students - Stephan Schwartz Columbia University July 27, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I recommend this for every high school student applying to college. This book is a one-stop guide to hundreds of colleges that students consider.
-Stephan Schwartz Columbia University
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