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: Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010, 26E

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.02573
EAN: 9781402209604
Edition: 26
ISBN: 1402209606
Label: Sourcebooks
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 816
Publication Date: July 21, 2009
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Studio: Sourcebooks



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Product Description:


"The best college guide you can buy." —USA Today



The #1 bestselling college guide, from the top name in college admissions!



For more than 20 years, this leading guide to more than 330 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip, honest and straightforward, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010 delivers an insider's look at the academic climates and the social and extracurricular scenes at the "best and most interesting" schools in the US, plus Canada and Great Britain. 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 students understand which college is right for them
  • Vital information on how to apply
  • "Overlap" listings to help students expand their options


FISKE: THE INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Why do students, parents and high school counselors trust and recommend Edward B. Fiske and the Fiske Guide to Colleges more than any other guide? Quite simply, they're fiercely independent:

  • An author in touch: The incredible write-ups for more than 330 schools come not from a corporation, but from the former education editor of the New York Times, one of the leading experts in college admissions.
  • No hype from the colleges: The Fiske Guide accepts no consulting, advertising or other fees from colleges and has no outside consortium of colleges working on its behalf.
  • Nothing to sell: There are no counseling, essay-writing, tutoring, consulting, or other services Fiske Guide is trying to sell; just great information about great schools.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - One of the better guides
Some good info in the guide. Has more opinionated information than many of the other guides, which is good, though it tends to accentuate the positive side just a bit too much. The information about the school's "best majors" and the cross-over schools is very helpful. Would be nice if it had more detailed information that some of the other guides include. For example, it rates the schools with $ signs in terms of cost, but does not provide detailed cost information. But I suppose if you're ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fiske Guide to Colleges
Great to have a copy in the classroom for when students are finished with an assignment. It allows my sophomores, juniors, and seniors to research colleges when they complete an assignment and laptops are not available!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great tool!
We got this book on a recommendation from a relative. It is a wonderful book to use, along with the internet, to discover colleges you have never heard of and weed out ones that aren't for you. This book has alot of information that you will not find on the net.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fiskes
Definitely a good book to get to start your college search. Recommended by our college counselor & I agree, there is lots of good info to help put that list together


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Indispensable for narrowing choices
I have done College Admissions Counseling for 28 years. The only book I require students
to have is this Fiske Guide. Using it, we are able to decide if a school is a stretch college or not.
Some of the percentages are higher than actual figures, but the 'guide' helps to compare colleges.




 

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