The attractive, easy-to-grasp format and unique focus of this directory are its greatest strengths. The unnamed editors work for Student Services, which also published The Complete Scholarship Book (LJ 3/15/97). Brief entries list 2000 scholarship programs, with icons symbolizing related career objectives or other special criteria. Many scholarship programs in this book are quite exclusive, and few are administered by colleges or funding sources in the Northeast. Reference collections won't need this, but it might circulate well in communities where families put a high premium on college placement for average as well as high achievers. Less comprehensive than The Financial Aid Book (Perpetual, 1996) and lacking the thoroughness of College Costs and Financial Aid Handbook (College Board, 1997. 18th ed.), the book will be useful for home and high school guidance-office purchase.?Joyce Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manaplan, N.J.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
Forty-four percent of all students applying to college have a 3.0 GPA or lower. This is the only scholarship book that exclusively targets this market. With a listing of more than 75,000 college scholarships, fellowships, grants and low interest loans, this eye-opening, informative book is an invaluable resource for students who don't have impeccable academic records.
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