Complete Book of Colleges, 2006 (College Admissions Guides) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: College Admissions Guides | Publication Date: August 2, 2005

The only guide college-bound students need for a successful college search! Complete Book of Colleges, 2006 profiles all 1,600 four-year colleges in the United States, and is packed with information on:

·Academics
·Admissions requirements
·Application Procedures
·Tuition and fees
·Transferring
·Housing
·Financial aid
·Athletics

…and much, much more!

Fully updated for 2006, it contains the latest information about each school. Its unique “Admissions Wizard” questionnaire is designed to help students find prospective schools that meet their individual needs and goals. With competition for college admissions at an all-time high, The Princeton Review can be counted on to provide the most thorough and accurate guidance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1456 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Review (August 2, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375764828
• ISBN-13: 978-0375764820
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Probably the most essential starting point (shortcomings and all), September 16, 2005

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This review is from: Complete Book of Colleges, 2006 (College Admissions Guides) (Paperback)

I went through the college search process last year with my oldest (he is now a freshman in college), and I will say that we did a lot of reading up on colleges through search-assisting books, including the 2005 Edition of the Princeton Review's "Complete Book of Colleges".

I saw the new 2006 edition at my local library and I could't resist picking it up. Call me either addicted or planning ahead (I've got one more to get through the college seach process in 2 years). "Complete Book of Colleges" (1,434 pages) is, in all but details, pretty much the same as the 2005 edition, not that it's a bad thing or it matters, as most readers will likely be new to the college search process, or restarting it after a few years off. The best thing about this book that it does offer a pretty good overview of the almost 1,800 colleges profiled in here. All of those colleges are profiled alphabetically, which makes it a bit less user-friendly. The fact is that the majority of kids look to colleges in their home-state, so why not have the colleges grouped by state? (There is, to be fair, an index in the back of colleges by state, among other indexes, such as size, environment, cost, and selectivity.)

The biggest flaw in this book is that for some inexplicable reason there are a good number colleges profiled that lack information on tuition cost. How can that be? If the presumed defense of the writers is "well, the colleges didn't give us the information", there surely must be other ways to get it. Pretend to be an interested HS senior or something. All that said, this book is really an essential starting point for anyone in the college search process. But by no means should it be the end point. There are other sources out there, some serious, others irreverent, that will complement this book.