Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009, 25E
by Edward Fiske
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Book Reviews of Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009, 25E
Book Review: A useful guide!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Fiske Guide presents thorough information on a remarkable number of schools. In addition to basic enrollment statistics, this book provides up-to-date contact information for admissions departments, enrollment deadlines, a list of the school's strongest programs/departments, a list of similar ("overlap") schools for each college or university, and an in-depth discussion of academic and social life at each school. Well-researched and accurate. I am an academic counselor, and I refer to this book *constantly*. It is far superior to other college guides I have read. A must-have for anyone embarking on the college search process.Book Review: good book.. but old school
Summary: 3 Stars
this is a good book, but i can't help but to think that the old school college guidebook is a little outdated in today's tech-savvy world. i'm looking for a searchable tool, somewhere where i can enter in specific criteria that i'm looking for in a college and subsequently find the perfect college for me. i'd realy suggest using a website such as www.campuscompare.com that incorporates the quantitative information available in such a guidebook with the student-reviews and digital media that reveals the personality of the school, all in a searchable database, online format that i am familiar with.Book Review: Good Basic College Guide - Recommended
Summary: 4 Stars
We used the Fiske Guide to narrow down the engineering colleges my daughter. This guide offers the basic information about all of the colleges she was interested in and helped her get a list of the ones that had the programs (Bioengineering and Genetics) that interested her.
The guide is good starting place and it is easy to find the important information, but further research on the web will be needed for most students to make their final choices.
Recommended!
CFH
Book Review: Is what is advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this for my son who is a junior and applying next year based on a recommendation from a college counselor. Surprisingly, he reads it all the time, for instance while eating breakfast in the morning. So, it must be good to have held his attention after a couple of months of perusing. Can't say more about it as I've not done more than scan the entries for a few colleges that I know from personal experience. The descriptions were very accurate for my old college.Book Review: Detailed information with useful student feedback
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best college guides out there. It has a lot of great detailed information on the colleges including quotes from students. The number of colleges profiled is just right--enough to provide some options but not so many that it's overwhelming. I really like how Fiske shares which colleges are similar to the one you're interested in. That makes the college search a little easier.