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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010

"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.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Index by State and Country

Index by Price

The Best Buys of 2010

Introduction
Fiske Guide to Colleges—And How to Use It
What Is the Fiske Guide to Colleges?
How the Colleges Were Selected
How the Fiske Guide Was Compiled
The Format
Best Buys
Statistics
SAT and ACT Scores
Scholarship Information
Ratings
Overlaps
If You Apply
Consortia
Moving Forward

Sizing Yourself Up
Develop Your Criteria
Keep an Open Mind
Fiske's Sizing-Yourself-Up Survey

A Guide for Preprofessionals
Architecture
Art/Design
Business
Communications/Journalism
Engineering
Film/Television
Performing Arts—Music
Performing Arts—Drama
Performing Arts—Dance
Environmental Studies
International Studies

Learning Disabilities

SAT and ACT Optional Schools

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010
Consortia

Index
Acknowledgments
About the Authors

Excerpt

Excerpt

Reviews

Reviews

Customer Reviews:

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