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Title: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 1998: The Highest-Rated Guide to the Best and Most Interesting Colleges in America by Edward B. Fiske ISBN: 0-8129-2933-0 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (9 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Not Good
Comment: We had a list of eight popular colleges we wanted to research and only one was listed in this book. We found the book to be VERY limited and nearly useless.

Rating: 2
Summary: Does not give any flavor
Comment: When I was in high school, I thought this book was the Bible. It isn't. Since I have been in college I have found that the book attempts to give a taste of the flavor of the colleges, and it fails miserably. With respect to colleges in Texas, at least, it captures neither the true strengths of the colleges nor the the real weaknesses. Take a tour of four colleges that you might like to attend during the summer or Christmas of your senior year. Summer is best, since class will be in session, but you HAVE to visit to have any idea what the school is like. Asking older friends what the strengths and weaknesses of their colleges are will also be more productive. Find another book that evaluates colleges based on the academic strengths of the college within the field you wish to pursue, if you must buy a book and if such a book exists. In short, don't waste your money on this one.

Rating: 4
Summary: Valuable resource
Comment: A valuable resource, particularly when used in conjunction with the Princeton Review and Yale books. Evaluative material like this always requires healthy skepticism - that goes double for anonymous book critiques!