Listed below (in alphabetical order) are several excellent books and reference guides and resources for high school students and their parents. They are widely available at your local library, your bookstore, or can be ordered through online booksellers.
America’s Best Colleges (U.S. News & World Report)
America’s Elite Colleges (Dave Berry and David Hawsey) (Princeton Review)
Barron’s Compact Guide to Colleges (Barron’s Educational Series)
The College Admissions Mystique (Bill Mayher) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Fiske Guide to Colleges (http://www.fiskeguide.com)
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College (Jacques Steinberg) (Penguin)
Harvard Schmarvard – Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College that is Best for You (Jay Mathews) (Three Rivers Press)
The Hidden Ivies (Howard Greene, MA, Med and Matthew Greene, PhD) (Cliff Street Books/Harper Collins)
How to Get Into the Top Colleges (Richard Montauk and Krista Klein) (Prentice Hall)
I’m Going to College, Not You (Jonathan Riskind) The Insider’s Guide to Colleges (Staff of the Yale Daily News) (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Letting Go – A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years (Harper Collins/Quill)
What it Really Takes to Get Into the Ivy League & Other Highly Selective Colleges (Chuck Hughes) (McGraw Hill)
To see the actual application that most colleges are using today, log on to:
- The Common Application (www.commonapp.org)
These sites provide information on applying/receiving financial aid, grants, and other forms of tuition assistance: