 | The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2006: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 32nd Edition by Yale Daily News Staff
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $0.01 Says "students on campus tell you what you really want to know" - but it's really just by Yale students. They devote like 6 pages to Yale, 4 to Harvard, and 2 to the rest. Not that diff from others.
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 | Students' Guide to Colleges: The Definitive Guide to America's Top 100 SchoolsWritten by the Real Experts--the Students Who Attend Them by Jordan Goldman
Buy new: $15.60 / Used from: $0.01 In-depth 5pg. reviews by 3+ students from each school: honest and well-written. Also has facts/stats. Only reviews 100 schools, but it's a broad range of the A-list schools you'd focus on anyway.
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 | Harvard University: Off the Record (College Prowler) (College Prowler: Harvard University Off the Record) by Dominic Hood
Buy used from: $2.64 Written by students who go there, with a lot of really detailed and random info. One school per book means it's more helpful when deciding btwn 2-3 schools than trying to narrow the list to 5-10.
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 | Fiske Guide to Colleges 2006 by Edward Fiske
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $0.01 Only 2 pages per school, but probably the best 2-page encapsulation you'll get. Supposedly isn't updated frequently, but do schools really change much anyway?
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 | Best 361 Colleges, 2006 (College Admissions Guides) by Princeton Review
Buy used from: $0.01 Also doesn't change much, but it's Princeton Review's main title. Good balance of facts/stats and write-ups, tho sometimes the write-ups feel short/incomplete and student quotes seem like soundbites.
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 | Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges 2005 (Unofficial, Unbiased Insider's Guide to the Most Interesting Colleges) by Kaplan
Buy used from: $2.07 A pretty middle-of-the-road guide that tries to balance what the others offer. Biggest criticism is that it tries to seem hip and misses the mark.
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 | US News Ultimate College Guide 2006 by Staff of U.S.News & World Report
Buy new: $20.48 / Used from: $0.01 Brought to you by the experts in college ranking - which is great, if you believe in ranking schools. Compiled by journalists.
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 | The College Board College Handbook 2006: All-New 43rd Edition by The College Board
Buy used from: $0.01 The College Board is the true ultimate authority on colleges. Count on them to have the most reliable stats. As such, don't expect them to spin exciting stories of campus life.
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