The Best 373 Colleges, 2011 Edition

by Franek, Robert; Meltzer, Tom; Maier, Christopher; Olson, Erik

• ISBN13: 9780375429873
• ISBN10: 0375429875
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

What makesThe Best 373 Collegesthe most popular college guide? The Best 373 Colleges is a comprehensive college guide written for any student or parent mystified by the confusing college admissions process. This essential college-planning guide, from the experts at The Princeton Review, provides the facts about the best schools in the country, popular college ranking lists, and the information needed to make a smart decision about which schools to consider. Revealing answers from college students cover each schoolrs"s unique character and give you extensive insight into their classes, financial aid, social life, and everything in between. Students are the experts, after all, and we talked to 122,000 of them! bull;One-of-a-kind college rankings reveal the top colleges in 62 categories based on how students at the schoolsthe real experts! rated their colleges. The ranking lists include: -Top Professors -Best Financial Aid -Best Career/Job Placement Services -Best Classroom Experiences -Top Party Schools -Dorms Like Palaces -Best Athletic Facilities -Best Campus Food -Most Politically Active Students -Most Diverse Student Population -Class Discussions Encouraged -Best College Newspaper -hellip;and many more! bull;Learn what you can do in high school to prepare yourself for admission to a selective college bull;Get all the application essentialstuition, admissions criteria, deadlines, phone numbers, addresses, demographics, student/faculty ratios, and most popular majorsfor quick reference and easy comparison when yours"re narrowing down your choices bull;Green college ratings help readers find out if schools are environmentally friendly bull;Special section on great colleges for the 15 most popular majors bull;An Index of Schools by Cost allows you to search all colleges in the book by price What the media is saying aboutThe Best 373 Collegesfrom The Princeton Review: "The offbeat indexes, along with the chattily written descriptions of each school, provide a colorful picture of each campus."The New York Times "The most efficient of the college guidebooks. Has entertaining profiles larded with quotes from students."Rolling Stone "A great bookhellip;itrs"s a bargain." CNN "Our favorite college guidebook." Seventeen "Provides the kind of feedback students would get from other students in a campus visit." USA Today