Best 331 Colleges, 2001 Edition (Best Colleges, 2001) [Paperback]

Robert Franek (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0375756337 | ISBN-13: 978-0375756337 | Publication Date: August 22, 2000

What makes The Best 331 Colleges the most talked-about college guide?

The Princeton Review asks students (not just admissions officers) what colleges are like. They survey 59,000 college students, and the revealing results are in this book.

TPR's complete profiles cover the entire school, from academics to financial aid to social life.

TPR provides all the information students need to apply and get in: admissions criteria, deadlines, phone numbers, e-mail and campus addresses.

TPR's unique rankings in 63 categories rate colleges on academics, politics, social life, quality of life, cafeteria food, dormitories, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A good guide. The off-beat indexes, along with the chattily written descriptions of each school, provide a colorful picture of each campus."
--The New York Times

"Provides the kind of feedback students would get from other students in a campus visit."
--USA Today

"A great book because the colleges are reviewed by the students who go there. Plus--it's a bargain."
---CNN Morning News

"The most efficient of the college guidebooks. It provides entertaining profiles with Zagat-like quotes from students."
--Rolling Stone

About the Author

Robert J Franek is a graduate of Drew University and has been a member of The Princeton Review Staff since 1999. He has an extensive admissions background at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. In addition, he owns his own tour company, which offers walking tours of his hometown of New York City.

Eric Owens attended Cornell University, and is a recent graduate of Loyola Chicago School of Law. He teaches and writes for The Princeton Review, and is the voice of Joe Bloggs on a CD-ROM.

Tom Meltzer is a graduate of Columbia University. He has taught for The Princeton Review since 1986 and is the author or co-author of seven TPR titles, the most recent of which is Illustrated Word Smart, which Tom co-wrote with his wife, Lisa. He is also a professional musician and songwriter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review (August 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375756337
• ISBN-13: 978-0375756337
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.7 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,004,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate College Search Book, June 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best 331 Colleges, 2001 Edition (Best Colleges, 2001) (Paperback)

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is beginning his or her college search. It not only gives you the facts, but student opinions too. That combination is the best jumping off point to make your college choice. You won't need another college reference book as long as you have this one.

I have recently graduated from the college I found using this book. I probably never would have made the choices I did or attended the college I did, if it hadn't been for this book. I am completely happy with my college choice, and it has gotten me into Harvard for graduate school.

When I began my college search, I felt overwhelmed by all of my choices. After buying this book, I narrowed my search to only the colleges listed in this book. I figured 306 (a lot less in my day than the 331 of today) colleges provided enough choices, and if a school didn't make the cut for the book, it could be skipped in my search. From that point I began looking at schools that kept popping up in the lists for good things (students happy with financial aid, dorms like palaces, schools run like butter, happy students, etc). I never thought I'd attend a women's college, but after I saw all the wonderful things students had to say about their own women's colleges, I started to visit a few. In the end, I attended the school that first drew my interest in this book.

Again, with this book, you won't need any of the other books out there. This one will be the most valuable resource in your college search.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Same as before, August 23, 2000

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"jrcm824" (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best 331 Colleges, 2001 Edition (Best Colleges, 2001) (Paperback)

I really like this book. But I have a problem with it being almost exactly the same as the year before, and the year before that, and the year before that........ They need to get diffrent student opinions and go to more colleges

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a helpful book!!!, August 22, 2000

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"djkey" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best 331 Colleges, 2001 Edition (Best Colleges, 2001) (Paperback)

This book goes even more indepth than the Princeton Review's web site. How they talk to not just the people that run the colleges, they also talk to current students. Also, how they rate the different schools is very interesting. A great buy for selecting a college!!!!