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We have found this book to be extremely informative. It gives you more than just facts about colleges. Including students' input is interesting and helpful.
I also think that the personal reviews of the college portion could definitely be expanded. The fact that they try to make you buy a new book every year is kind of ridiculous. This book is pretty informative about the 368 "top colleges" that they reference, but I didn't see much variation from the 2008 version of the book. I'd suggest using websites such as [.]. Plus, I don't really think 368 colleges is enough-- that's only about 10% of the total colleges in the nation. Your hidden gem college may not even be available in this book. that have information from the actual students who attend the school, as well as up to date information and over 3000 schools available. I just simply think that the print version of college guidebooks are outdated and overrated.
The Best 368 Colleges 2009 Edition is the latest update to The Princeton Review's top-notch, user-friendly guide to choosing a college. Drawing its information directly from surveys of 120,000 college students, The Best 368 Colleges 2009 Edition compiles rankings of everything from offered financial aid to quality of academics, campus social life, and much more. Straightforward statistics concerning the student-faculty ratio, the composition of the student body, and more round out this solid reference especially recommended for high school seniors and anyone else trying to figure out which campus is best for them.
Good resource, although we did find it odd that Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo wasn't included.
I used this book five years ago to figure out which college best suited me. There may be many colleges listed, and as I bought the book early in the 10th grade (I was dying to go to college) I did read basically every review, but you can also quickly narrow down the colleges that are best suited for you, such as by knowing that you want a small campus, liberal student body, and a high ratio of professors to students. I bought the book in my senior year as well and then passed the books on the underclassmen that I thought might make use of them. I loved the book, and it really help me, as a girl from Ona, WV, learn about schools across the country and pick the right one.
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