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FISKE PICKS: Ten Engineering Schools that Should Be On Your Radar

For more than 25 years, students and their families have looked to The Fiske Guide to Colleges to help make the most intelligent educational investment they can. The revised and updated 2011 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges(9781402209611; July 2011) by Edward B. Fiske features over 300 of the country’s best and most interesting colleges and universities. Readers will discover the real personality of each school based on a broad range of subjects including student body, academics, social life, and financial aid.

Edward Fiske has personally handpicked ten undergrad engineering programs that should be on YOUR radar for the 2011 academic year!

• California Institute of Technology – The West Coast’s answer to MIT.
• Cooper Union – If you’re good enough to get in, you can go (almost) for free.
• Harvey Mudd College – Tiny institution that unparalleled for producing future Ph.D.s
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Synonymous with the study of technology.
• Purdue University – Midwestern university with big reputation in all things technology.
• Smith College – The only engineering program in a top women’s college.
• Stanford University – Bests the Ivy League for undergraduate study of technology.
• Swarthmore College – A small college that integrates engineering with the liberal arts.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Renowned for its emphasis on projects and team-building.
• Olin College of Engineering – Both elite and easily affordable with focus on turning out “technologists with soul.” .

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 is fiercely independent. The Fiske Guide accepts no consulting, advertising, or other fees from colleges and has no outside relationship with colleges working on its behalf. The Fiske Guide’s only goal is to help future students select the best colleges to reach their own goals.

About the Author:
Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as Education Editor of the New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He wrote The Fiske Guide to Colleges to help them. He co-wrote, along with Bruce G. Hammond, The Fiske Guide to Nailing the SAT, as well as Fiske What to do When for College and The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College. For more information please visit http://www.sourcebookscollege.com/ and http://fiskeguide.com/.

The fourth edition of The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College (9781402243097) by Edward B. Fiske and Bruce Hammond will be available August 2010.