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Reference Shelf

COLLEGE GUIDEBOOKS                                                 
       
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008
by Edward Fiske
The Best 366 Colleges, 2008 Edition
by Princeton Review
The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, 2007: 33rd Edition
by Yale Daily News Staff
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope
Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That’s Right for You, Revised Edition by Loren Pope
Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You
by Jay Matthews
Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different
by Donald Asher
100 Colleges Where Average Students Can Excel
by Joe anne Adler 

BOOKS FOR PARENTS 

The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids
by Alexandra Robbins
Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You by Jay Matthews
Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond
by Marilee Jones
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
by Jacques Steinberg
The Launching Years: Strategies for Parenting from Senior Year to College Life
by Laura Kastner and Jennifer Wyatt
Almost Grown: Launching Your Child from High School to College
by Patricia Pasick
Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding the College Years
by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
Parents’ Guide to College Life
by Robin Raskin
When Your Kid Goes to College:  A Parents’ Survival Guide
by Carol Barkin  

MONEY MATTERS 

Dollars & Sense for College Students or How Not to Run Out of Money by Midterms
by Ellen Braitman
Don’t Miss Out: The Ambitious Student’s Guide to Financial Aid
by Anna & Robert Leider
How to Go to College Almost for Free by Ben Kaplan 

ATHLETICS

The Student Athlete’s Handbook: The Complete Guide for Success
by Perry Bromwell & Howard Gensler
A Parent’s and Student-Athlete’s Guide to Athletic Scholarships
by Dion Wheeler 

LEARNING DISABILITIES 
The K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder by Marybeth Kravets & Imy F. Wax
ADD and the College Student: A Guuide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.
100 Things Every College Student With a Disability Ought to Know
by Kendra D. Johnson
Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD
by Kathleen G. Nadeau 

ON WRITING 

The Elements of Style, 4th Edition
by William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White

 

 


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