Choosing the Right College 2010-11: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools,   ISBN:9781935191605

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Good guide to the academics as well as the atmosphere of a campus. While it details a lot of information on a number of colleges and universities, it leaves out a few as well. Over all, it's fine for what it covers, but it needs to cover much more.

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Excellent resource for students and parents for compareing colleges. Strenghs and weaknesses. Not your typical book. Examines aspects of the colleges concerning more than just academic.

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This book was just what I was looking for as we searched for the right college for our daughter. We had seen all the common statistics, GPA, graduating rate, etc. What we really wanted was a look into the "soul" of the schools; the not-so-obvious "flavor" of the schools. This book gave us a deeper perspective on the schools represented in the book. My only regret is that they weren't able to include more schools.

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What is important is not choosing the "best" college, according to some statistics that conceal the arbitrary choices behind the objective-looking numbers. What is important is choosing the right college for you.
Dr. Thomas Sowell

This book accomplishes its mission.

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My daughter is 14 and will be heading to college in a few years. I've had some grave concerns on whether college would be a good thing for her. I graduated with a Masters Degree in Business in 1976 and the quality of education I received at the California state university that I attended was marginal at best. I've worked in Human Resources for over 30 years at a very large company and found that the college that a person attended isn't really indicative of their performance on the job, whatever that job may be. I learned that early when I observed various co-workers who attended some very prestigious schools end up being excellent employees in some cases and very marginal employees in other cases. I soon began to realize that the school one attends is almost irrelevant when predicting future performance (the exceptions are, of course, colleges like MIT, or Caltech where they still have very high expectations of their students and don't compromise). Today's college graduates come to work inadequately prepared for the mandates of the job and many don't have the basic math, or writing skills to adequately perform.

I want, for my daughter, a school that will require the basics and won't require the nonsense courses that are meaningless in succeeding on the job. I would like her to obtain a good classical education. This book will be extremely helpful in finding the right school for my daughter that will prepare her for succeeding in life. My views are to keep her from the indoctrination of socialist professors and the nonsense that they teach, and to ensure that the university that she attends will allow her to utilize critical thinking and reason and will grade her on those virtues. The best professors that I ever had were those who I was unable to decipher their political leanings because they were interested in teaching the subject without the obligatory preaching that a lot of the socialist teachers believe is so important. I want an education for my daughter, not indoctrination. When one pays $25,000 - $40,000 per year for a school, the money should be well spent. This book will help in making the right decision.