University of San Diego 2007 (College Prowler) [Paperback]

James Leonard (Author)

Book Description

Series: College Prowler: University of San Diego Off the Record | Publication Date: July 1, 2006

College guides written by students for students.

University of San Diego Students Tell It Like It Is
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming to USD:
* Encore meal plan money is better than regular meals.
* Rush week is too fun to miss, even if you aren't going to 'Go Greek.'
* No one remembers if you miss orientation week events.
* Attending every class is harder than you think.
* At least one trip to office hours before tests is basically mandatory.
* Traffic is really terrible.
* It is more strict than other universities.
* It is not a major party school.
* USD is not a Jesuit school, but it does take its Catholic tradition seriously. A great many students attend mass regularly.
The College Prowler guidebook to the University of San Diego has a lot more insider information straight from current students...don't settle for getting all your information from the University itself, make sure you hear what the students have to say! USD students give their opinions on everything from housing to dining to nightlife, so that you can feel like an insider before you ever set foot on campus! Don't wait until you're already enrolled to find out if San Diego is really the place for you!

Get the book and find out if USD truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths.

Visiting campus isn't enough.

Read our San Diego University insider's guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.

Discover if San Diego is Right For You.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...get viewpoints on a variety of topics from the student body, which is where the Prowler gets its roar." -- Melissa Kaplan, Boston Globe, May 23, 2004

"There is information on which schools have packed computer labs, which dorms are studious or riotous, ..." -- Ben Gilbert, The Washington Post, April 27, 2004

"This is the kind of information kids really want to know before they pick a college." -- Michelle Slatalla, The NY Times, March 9, 2006

About the Author

Welcome to College Prowler®

During the writing of College Prowler’s guidebooks, we felt it was critical that our content was unbiased and unaffiliated with any college or university. We think it’s important that our readers get honest information and a realistic impression of the student opinions on any campus—that’s why if any aspect of a particular school is terrible, we (unlike a campus brochure) intend to publish it. While we do keep an eye out for the occasional extremist—the cheerleader or the cynic—we take pride in letting the students tell it like it is. We strive to create a book that’s as representative as possible of each particular campus. Our books cover both the good and the bad, and whether the survey responses point to recurring trends or a variation in opinion, these sentiments are directly and proportionally expressed through our guides.

College Prowler guidebooks are in the hands of students throughout the entire process of their creation. Because you can’t make student-written guides without the students, we have students at each campus who help write, randomly survey their peers, edit, layout, and perform accuracy checks on every book that we publish. From the very beginning, student writers gather the most up-to-date stats, facts, and inside information on their colleges. They fill each section with student quotes and summarize the findings in editorial reviews. In addition, each school receives a collection of letter grades (A through F) that reflect student opinion and help to represent contentment, prominence, or satisfaction for each of our 20 specific categories. Just as in grade school, the higher the mark the more content, more prominent, or more satisfied the students are with the particular category.

Once a book is written, additional students serve as editors and check for accuracy even more extensively. Our bounce-back team—a group of randomly selected students who have no involvement with the project—are asked to read over the material in order to help ensure that the book accurately expresses every aspect of the university and its students. This same process is applied to the 200-plus schools College Prowler currently covers. Each book is the result of endless student contributions, hundreds of pages of research and writing, and countless hours of hard work. All of this has led to the creation of a student information network that stretches across the nation to every school that we cover. It’s no easy accomplishment, but it’s the reason that our guides are such a great resource.

When reading our books and looking at our grades, keep in mind that every college is different and that the students who make up each school are not uniform—as a result, it is important to assess schools on a case-by-case basis. Because it’s impossible to summarize an entire school with a single number or description, each book provides a dialogue, not a decision, that’s made up of 20 different topics and hundreds of student quotes. In the end, we hope that this guide will serve as a valuable tool in your college selection process. Enjoy!

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: College Prowler (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1427401942
• ISBN-13: 978-1427401946
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,485,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)