BIBLIOGRAPHY
Objective College Reference Books — These books provide thorough, fact-based profiles of the colleges and are quite helpful in the initial stages of the college search. Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges. Barron’s Educational Series. College Handbook 2017. College Board. Four-Year Colleges 2017 . Peterson’s Guides. Subjective College Guidebooks — These books provide the color commentary, the anecdotal flavorings, that can help a student get a feel for the spirit and tone of a college. Some of the insights can be quite valuable; all should be taken with a grain of salt. Fiske, Edward B. The Fiske Guide to Colleges . New York, NY: Times Books. Yale Daily News. The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges . New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press. Internet Sources — These publications provide lists and descriptions of college search engines and other online resources. Guernsey, Lisa. College.edu Online Resources for the Cyber-Savvy Student . Alexandria, VA: Octameron Associates. The Choice Blog : The New York Times: thechoiceblogs.nytimes.com. (Discontinued in 2013, but still an archive of good information.)
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Valuable Perspectives — These books pose ways of evaluating and conducting the college admissions process that fall somewhat outside the mainstream. They can help families retain their sense of humor and their sense of proportion. Bruni, Frank. Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing. Coburn, Karen and Madge Lawrence Treeger. Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years . Harper. Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc. Deresiewicz, William. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. New York, NY: Free Press. Karabel, Jerome. The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin.
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