Kaplan Newsweek College Catalog 2000

Rating:
Summary: beats Fiske cold
Review: This is an excellent guide, with information on over 1,000 schools. The information is the kind you really need, like application requirements and how much financial aid the school gives. It's also pretty interesting to read the campus profiles to get a feel for the different colleges. What was helpful to me was being able to see how my board scores stacked up against other students who got into the various schools--I applied to some schools I didn't think I'd get into, and got financial aid at my first choice. I thought the comments from the guidance counselors were fun, and I like reading their top choices.

This book beat the other guides cold for completeness and usefulness to me. I recommend it to any junior or senior starting to research college applications.