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Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student Paperback – September 1, 2000

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Offers profiles of forty colleges which focus on individual needs and high academic standards; provides insider tips for choosing a school based on personality; and discusses homeschooling and learning disabilities.

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Loren Pope was education editor of the New York Times in the 1950s. In 1965 he opened the College Placement Bureau in Washington, D.C., to help families of college--bound students make informed choices. He is the author of Looking Beyond the Ivy League and has written numerous articles about the college application proc

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Revised, Subsequent edition (September 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140296166
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140296167
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.16 x 0.61 x 7.72 inches

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Customers find the book an excellent resource for a personalized education. They appreciate the nice reviews of schools and the helpful information it provides for identifying good colleges that may not come to their attention. The book is described as a useful guide for college search and a great read for busy parents who are more into the college thing.

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Customers appreciate the book's reviews of schools. They find it helpful for evaluating colleges and finding good ones. The book provides useful information about liberal arts education that teaches thinking skills. It's also a good source for parents who are more involved in the college process.

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"...You will not be disappointed. And, it makes a great read for the busy body parents who are more into the college "thing" than their over-..." Read more

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Customers find the book an excellent resource for personalized education and a college search. They appreciate its useful information about lesser-known yet excellent colleges, schools that help students achieve personal goals, and down-to-earth perspective regarding college. The book provides great ideas and suggestions for alternative curricula and scheduling, like trimester systems.

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wldurley
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Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2010
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(This review also appears for Loren Pope's other book,"Looking Beyond the Ivy League")
These are an excellent guides to a college search--- for some people. For those of you who want only the quickie answer to "the Question" (i.e. "Yes, but should I buy, read, trust and use this book?"), I can save you a bunch of time based on how you answer this one question: "What is the purpose of a college education?" Having read all of the other reviews I can tell you that they divide into two camps based on how the reviewer answers that one question. And there seem to be only two answers.

People (and hence reviewers ) who answer, "The purpose of a `liberal' arts collegiate education is to `liberate' the student's mind from the shackles of ignorance thus allowing the graduate to better understand the world and his or her place, rights and duties in it." will find this book a provocative and useful guide to the myriad ways (NB: not just the 40 colleges for which the book is famous) one can get a good education in America.

People (and hence reviewers ) who answer, "The purpose of college is to get a good job." probably won't.

People (and hence reviewers ) who answer, "A bit of both." give the book mixed reviews which vary directly in proportion to the person's understanding of the relative importance of the liberation or job answers.

Caveat I: I say people who give the Jobs answer or predominantly the Jobs answer `probably won't' find CTCL useful, but if they were to read it, it might change their minds.

Caveat II: I went to Ripon and St Johns for undergraduate BA's and did graduate work at both St Johns (MA) and Berkeley. I taught for 33 years, the last 20 as the philosophy instructor at a small community college in California. I've retired and now do college counseling. My sons go to Eckerd (in the book) and the University of Redlands (not in the book), both of which we found because we had read the book.

Caveat III: While well aware of the siren call of `jobs' especially in this economy, my obvious prejudice in favor of the the first answer does not extend to the exclusion of "Can the type of education recommended in this book help me get a good job?" as a legitimate question. A good liberal arts education that teaches one how to think is of great help at any trade or trade school ...such as law school, medical school, business school or school of education and they indubitably do lead to `good jobs,' in the usual sense of those words.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2006
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As a parent of a senior, I became engulfed with the gossip and happenings of college admissions.

I may know more than the average person about the topic. I had applied to schools at various levels. My siblings had too. We had attended good to great schools. And, our father was a professor at two major universities -- those with ivy on their walls.

This book reminds me of that one clear day in my childhood when I thought my father was not nearly as dumb as my teenage attitude knew him to be, and I had the nerve to ask him, "Dad, where are the best students for your graduate studies coming from -- name the schools." He immediately spat out many of the small ivies in the northeast. I did not want that as my mother would be too close.

Then he said these strange words, "Grinnell, MacAllister, Carleton, U Chicago, Pomona, Pitzer, Occidental . . ."

I then saw the light -- I then knew he was not as dumb as all that.

This book takes some of those schools and many more of the great unknowns -- what some call the selected schools, not the selective. They are pearls. They are where Ph.D.'s go to teach. And the students, through that amazing nuturing process, mature to become much better minds than when they walked their first steps on the campus grounds.

These liberal arts schools epitomize the concept of higher education.

His simple advice -- the ivies (for undergraduate) are overrated and the schools in this book are HIGHLY underrated. Look at the schools in this book and think about applying to the few that match your personality.

You will not be disappointed.

And, it makes a great read for the busy body parents who are more into the college "thing" than their over-tested and over-questioned seniors.

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MWS47
Loren Pope was Right!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2006
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After a personal large university experience back in the 60's, I knew that that was not what I wanted for my children. We found Mr. Pope's book and the lights came on. Not only did we use the book, but with some diligent work were able to arrange personal counseling sessions with Mr. Pope for both my son and daughter.

We live in Central Texas and my son just graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington and my daughter is now a senior at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. They both looked at quite a few schools, both recommended in the book and not: Grinnell, Reed, Colorado College, Beloit, Lawrence, Colgate, College of Wooster, Williams & Bowdoin.

My son loved Whitman. It is a beautiful school in a beautiful part of America. It is not easy. He was challenged. There is a great respect between the college and the town of 30,000. (To parents: Walla Walla is a great place to visit. There are 50+ wonderful wine tasting rooms in the immediate area.)

My daugher also is happy with her choice at Kzoo. The winters are cold for a Texas girl, but the personal attention that so many of the professors have given to her and her friends is amazing. The K Study Abroad Program which is 65 years old and rated among the best in the nation for all colleges was fabulous for her. She spent six months in Ecuador and loved it. Our nephew, also from Texas, will be leaving for six months in Thailand in another good program.

Loren was right. These schools do provide personal attention and are there to make sure their students succeed.

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