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Title: Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student by Loren Pope ISBN: 0-14-029616-6 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (31 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Creative recommendation but obsolete data
Comment: This is a sequel to the author's first book: "Looking Beyond the Ivy League." It has the same qualities and flaws as the first book. This list of colleges gives you a great incentive to explore small liberal arts colleges not only back East but all over the country. That is a good thing.
On the other hand, some of his information is out of date. Out of the 40 recommended colleges, I found myself screening out 20 of them because of either low freshman retention rate, low graduation rate, and low percentage of graduates going on to graduate schools. In other words, half of these recommended schools are actually poor college educational performers. This is obviously way too high a failure percentage (50%) to give this book any higher rating than I have.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read for Anyone Thinking About College
Comment: This book has really opened up our college search. I was against smaller schools (under 5000) for my son Bill who is on track to be his high school class valedictorian despite some severe learning disabilites he has learned to compensate for. He loves to be challenged mentally and physically. Bill looks forward have stimulating interactions with new faces, wants to take advantage of a study abroad program and wishes to play tennis at the collegiate level. Oh, and he would like it to be somewhere warm preferably Florida.
I strongly encouraged that he go with a division III school. A division III school offers no athletic scholarships but usually offers attractive merit scholarships. They emphasize the students academic growth with a strong competive athletic atmosphere being secondary.
I began my search by going to the NCAA website, looking for participating schools with strong tennis records. Then I checked out the individual schools websites looking for a good personal match. While on the road visiting Rollins and Emory we spent a few hours in a book store. I had sellected a very large stack of books on the college process. Auspiciously Loren Pope's book was one which I pulled off the shelf to look over. It is quite a bit smaller in stature than most books found in the college guide section but has turned out to be by far the most informative, readable book I have spent time with so far. I believe in serendipity. We just happened into the store in Ocala FL, smaller than the store we usually go to at home. I have not seen this title on the shelves at our local store.
I have invested in quite a college resource library which I plan to donate to Bill's High School when we have completed out search, this book is one which I will have to buy additional copy because I can't let go of this one. It has become well worn like the Velveteen Rabbit with my notes throughout. So many of the Division II and III tennis schools I found listed on the NCAA website are listed in this book. I have found myself looking over schools listed throughout the book looking for other matches for other kids we know.
The book immediatley caught my attention with it's "You Don't Know as Much as You Think You Do" section. Loren Pope provides thought provoking commentary on common misconceptions made by college bound students and their families. I doubt there is a very high percentage of families who have been exposed to more than a handful of colleges and what they have to offer. I have totally revised my opinion on the size school and the "Brand Name" education doesn't necessarily equal the quality of higher education desired by my son.
My son thrives on new experiences. This book has educated us on what is out there and what types of things we want to look for and consider when making the ultimate decision. We knew in an abstract way what Bill wanted to get out of college but this book was able to help us define our search.
This book is very readable. Colleges are broken down by region with only 6 to 10 pages of descriptions gained from interviews with staff and students during visits. There are usually several comparisons to different schools within the section. The author has an extensive background and expertise in guiding prospective students.
I will continue to recommend this book to everyone I get into a college discussion with. It is at the top of my gift giving list.
I hate to say this but this book makes a person think out of the typical college search box.
Rating: 5
Summary: Practical book that all high school juniors should read
Comment: I have recommended this book to many people. Lots of college buyers are buying the sizzle, not the steak. Colleges can change your life or you can let college coexist with you. Colleges can open up new horizons and really expand you or you can just be a number. Some places treat the person and the author suggests some of those that develop individuals. You can make a large research university or state university treat you as a person but it will be a constant uphill struggle. Other schools are loaded with professors that really want to develop students, not use them as an excuse to the legislature or the alumni as to how it is educating undergraduates. Most larger schools tolerate undergraduates.
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Title: Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You by Loren Pope ISBN: 0140239529 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2004 (Fiske Guide to Colleges) by Edward B. Fiske, Robert Logue ISBN: 1402200609 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College (Fiske Gide to Getting into the Right College) by Edward B. Fiske, Bruce G. Hammond ISBN: 1570719063 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Insider's Guide to the Colleges 2004: 30th Edition by Daily News Yale ISBN: 0312316186 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: The Best 351 Colleges, 2004 Edition by Robert Franek, Princeton Review ISBN: 0375763376 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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