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Planning for College Kit

Counselors! This is the College Planning kit for you!

The Planning for College Kit Includes:

U.S. News Ultimate College Guide 2011
U.S. News Ultimate College Guide 2011
Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011
2011 College Access and Opportunity Guide

U.S. News Ultimate College Guide 2011

The #1 bestselling comprehensive college guide from the top name in college rankings

Featuring complete data on more than 1,400 colleges and universities, U.S. News Ultimate College Guide 2011 is the best source for the information students and parents need most, including exclusive lists and indices to help compare the schools:
• The hardest and easiest schools to get into
• Schools that award the most need-based aid
• The best values: great deals at great schools And step-by-step advice from the nation’s leading education writers:
• How to choose the right school for you
• What colleges look for in students
• How to find the money to pay for college

Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College

“A first-rate introduction.” — Booklist

Get accepted to the college that’s right for you

Everyone has their own idea of the perfect college. The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College is the only admissions guide that starts with an in-depth assessment of your priorities, then takes you step-by-step through the process of applying to the schools you actually want to get into.

The #1 expert on America’s colleges will show you how to:

• Choose the right kind of school for you
• Filter out the hype
• Earn the test scores colleges want to see
• Write authentic essays (even if you’re not a great writer)
• Submit an application that shows off your best features
• Ask the right questions during campus visits
• Know how admissions officers rank candidates
• Get off the waiting list and get accepted
• Attract and even negotiate the best financial aid package

The most trusted resource for helping students get into the schools of their choice.

Edward B. Fiske served for seventeen 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 writes the bestselling annual Fiske Guide to Colleges to help them.

Bruce G. Hammond has devoted much of his time to counseling for college. He  served as managing editor of the Fiske Guide to Colleges and is director of college counseling at Dipont Education Management. He has been quoted in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and U.S.News & World Report.

ONE-HOUR COLLEGE FINDER TARGETS THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOU

• Secrets from admissions officers
• How to choose the right college for you
• What to do when (a plan for all four years)
• Financial aid strategies and timelines
• Essays, interviews, and much more

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011

“The best college guide you can buy.”
—USA Today
For more than 25 years, this leading guide to more than 310 colleges and universities—fully updated and expanded every year—has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Helpful, 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 United States, plus Canada and Great Britain.

In addition to the candid essays on each school, you will find:

• A self-quiz to help you understand what you are really looking for in a college
• Lists of the strongest majors and programs at each college
• Vital information on how to apply, including admissions and financial aid deadlines, required tests, and each school’s essay questions
• “Overlap” listings to help you expand your options
• Selectivity statistics and SAT/ACT scores
• Indexes that break down schools by price and state
• A list of schools with strong programs for learning disabled students
• All the basics, including email addresses and university websites

Plus a special section highlighting the 5 public and private Best Buy schools—colleges that provide the best educational value

The guide the San Francisco Chronicle called “the bible.”

2011 College Access and Opportunity Guide

“At a young age, you really don’t think about college but this book tells you that it is possible. Don’t ever think there is not money out there or there’s not a spot for you. Now I’m really sure that I am going to get into college.”
–Rochelle, 11th grade, Gertz-Ressler High School/The Fulfillment Fund, Los Angeles, CA

The College Access & Opportunity Guide

284 colleges and universities committed to access, opportunity, and success
You will see some familiar names and others that are not so familiar. But what bonds these institutions are the outreach efforts, scholarship and financial aid opportunities and support and retention services that each has to offer.

Do you KnowHow2GO? Learn the steps you need to take

Follow KnowHow2GO’s plan for first-generation and other underrepresented students to take the steps necessary to go to college.

Insider advice from college students and other experts

Read articles and stories that share insight and firsthand experience on what it takes to get to college and succeed.

Valuable information for parents and mentors, en Español también

Whether you’re a parent, guardian, teacher, mentor, or other caring adult, chances are there’s a teen in your life who wants to go to college. We offer advice for guiding the student in your life to college.

Si eres un padre, tutor, maestro, o un adulto comprensivo, existe la posibilidad que un adolecente en tu vida quiere ir a la universidad. Nosotros oferecemos consejo para ayudar aquel estudiante en tu vida tomar los pasos necesarios para entrar en la universidad.

“Our students have found this guidebook essential to their college searches. It is easy to navigate and targets the information that’s most important to them. There’s no other resource that offers this kind and quality of information. ‘Opportunity’ is the perfect word; that’s just what our students need!”
–Debbie Greenberg, College Bound St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

“I began using the College Access & Opportunity Guide with my upper division students, but very soon the other students were asking to see it. Since I had only one copy, I would have a waiting list to look at the book. It became the focus of our group meetings and soon the students started calling it ‘the red college bible.’ In the end, we decided to give all of our sophomores their own copy to set them on the right path to college.”
––Linda Perez, Achieve/Gerson Bakar Foundation, San Francisco, CA

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