The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2001

by FISKE, EDWARD B.

• ISBN13: 9780812931723
• ISBN10: 0812931726
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press

Summary

For nearly two decades,The Fiske Guide to Collegeshas been the indispensable source of information for students and parents all over the country. Candid, lively, and reliable, it speaks with unique authority covering everything from where a school's history department ranks academically to where its sports teams rank nationally, from which dining halls should be avoided to which professors' classes shouldn't be missed. The result is -- asUSA Todayhas written -- "the most readable and informative" of all the college guides published. Based on more annually updated surveys of thousands of students, teachers, and administrators than any other guide, this thoroughly revised edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges answers all the questions prospective students, guidance counselors, and parents might ever have. You'll find: all the application information you need--where to find them, which ones are the most difficult to fill out, which schools have long-lead deadlines quality-of-life, academic, and social-life ratings for each school -- "party school" or "monastery"? listings of each college's strongest departments and majors Fiske's exclusive selection of the "Best Buys" for 2001 -- the schools that offer you the most value for your money

Author Biography

Edward B. Fiske, who for seventeen years served as education editor of <i>The New York Times</i>, is one of the country's leading education journalists and an acknowledged authority on college and university admissions. In 1980, sensing that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices, he created <b>The Fiske Guide to Colleges</b>, which quickly established itself as the most authoritative guidebook of its kind. He is also the author of <b>The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College</b>. Fiske and his wife, Helen F. Ladd, live in Durham, North Carolina.