Barron's Profiles of American Colleges (23rd ed)(Book and Disk) (Paperback)

by College Division of Barron's Educational Series (Editor)

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Since 1964, Barron's Profiles of American Colleges has been helping students choose the school just right for their personal interests and price range. Newly updated for the 2000-2001 school year, it has listings for more than 1,600 schools, along with suggestions on majors, applying for financial aid, and how to best increase your chances of acceptance.

Colleges are arranged alphabetically by state, and each one includes basic statistics on the student body and faculty. You'll learn what percentage of students are from in-state or overseas, what types of social groups are offered, the student-teacher ratio, and the average SAT scores of last year's freshman class. Detail on topics like housing, admission procedures, financial aid, sports, and available majors are provided as well, giving you a total of nearly one page of information per institution.

The tinted pages at the beginning are an excellent place to start your search, as the index of majors can save you hours of hunting for your chosen specialty. General fields like liberal arts and marketing are offered at hundreds of colleges; some areas, such as geophysical engineering, are found at only a few. It's considerably easier to search this way than by state if you've already decided on a course of study. Searching by cost is also possible in this first section, which covers a price range of $2,000 to "over $18,000" per year. Parents will appreciate this quick method of deciding whether a particular school is feasible.

The accompanying disk is of limited value, but it does offer a speedy way for students to write numerous letters of interest in a short amount of time, and it has a few general tips for students with little experience in essay writing. --Jill Lightner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Updated for the 1998-99 school year, the newest edition of the nation's definitive college directory presents profiles of every accredited four-year college in all 50 states. Two disks (one for Windows and one for the Mac) give abridged profiles of each school listed in the book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1591 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc; 23rd Bk&Dk edition (July 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764171348
• ISBN-13: 978-0764171345
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,728,682 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! 2 Thumbs UP!, August 2, 1999

By A Customer

Great Reference! Extremely helpful for locating colleges of your interest. Highly recommended book for those in grades 9-12. It not only helps you locate a college, but a field you would like to pursue.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and easy way to find the facts, May 26, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Hanover New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

It helped me place myself in the right direction as far as choosing a college. It's hard to choose colleges just by what you hear by older people but this book is extremely useful in information you need to know before visitng a college. I would reccomand this book. The software was useful to me, however if you know how to write a formal essay it's no big deal.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thick, but lacks some info, March 17, 1999

By A Customer

This book is the thickest college book I have seen and yet it is not the most comprehensive one. Also the disk that comes with it wasn't so useful.