Bard College: Off the Record (College Prowler) (College Prowler: Bard College Off the Record) (Paperback)

by Jared Killeen (Author) "Bard attracts many well-recognized and world-famous academics..." (more)
Key Phrases: campus center, college prowler, sports scene, Red Hook, Old Gym, Shared Themes (more...)

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The new kid on the block when it comes to student-to-student assessments of college campuses. -- Benjamin Gilbert, Washington Post, April 27, 2004

The prospective college student's antidote to the Princeton Review doldrums. -- Melissa Kaplan, Boston Globe, May 23, 2004

The real lowdown on campus life. -- Laura Randall and Kimetris N. Baltrip, New York Times, January 18, 2004

Product Description
For honest, unbiased information, College Prowler delivers an inside look at college, straight from the students' mouths. Complete with hundreds of quotes, grades, stats, and reviews, each student-written guide offers a comprehensive collection of information on one particular school. See how students rate their campus when it's time to look beyond the brochures and talk about key issues that really matter.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: College Prowler (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596580062
• ISBN-13: 978-1596580060
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,378,683 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is truly exciting, December 14, 2004

By	Pierre de Gaulle - See all my reviews

Renewing a genre that most people claimed to be DOA, Jared Killeen has managed to breathe new life into the post-post-meta-college-guidebook world and write a book that challenges what we've come to believe good p.p.m.c.g can do. Like a small, cute baby gurgling, the prose in this book tingle with a certain exuberence not seen since Stephen King got ran over by a truck in MAine and tried to write that wierd story about teratoid nuns traveling through space-time in a Nissan Sentra. Wholly involving, at times touching and heartfelt, Bard College Off the Record sets new limits to be broken, profers new ideas to be exceeded, and offers us an ending so memorable, so twisted and accurate, that its like looking in the mirror when you're dreaming but actually awake, only to find out that you're actually dreaming. Perfect.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soporific!, November 30, 2004

By	Beatrice Tunavent - See all my reviews

A striking debut by a writer who's sure to leave his indelible mark on a century already saturated with low-end college guidebooks. Blessedly post-ironic, teeming with insight and sensitivity, 'Bard College Off the Record' is a wonderous display of humor, warmth, and desire. One part memouir, one part apologia, it's a collection of prose so striking that it's nearly impossible to put down. JAred Killeen is a master.