Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

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Overview

The groundbreaking guide to the 40 best colleges you've never heard of—colleges that will change your life

Choosing the right college has never been more important—or more difficult. For the latest edition of this classic college guide, Hilary Masell Oswald conducted her own tours of top schools and in-depth interviews, building on Loren Pope's original to create a totally updated, more expansive work. Organized by geographic region, every profile includes a wealth of vital information, including admissions standards, distinguishing facts about the curriculum, extracurricular activities, and what faculty say about their jobs. Masell Oswald also offers a new chapter on how students with learning disabilities can find schools that fit their needs. For every prospective college student searching for more than football and frat parties, Colleges That Change Lives will prove indispensable.
 
Fully revised and updated by education journalist Hilary Oswald, Colleges That Change Lives remains the definite guide for high school students (and their parents) who are looking for more in their college education than football, frat parties, and giant lectures. Building on the foundation of landmark author Loren Pope, Oswald spent more than a year visiting 40 colleges, speaking with students, faculty, and alumni to create these vivid and concise portraits. 
 
Featuring a new introduction, a new Required Reading section, and a new chapter on learning disabilities, the book is organized into five geographic regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, Southwest, Northwest) to make for easy browsing, and urban, suburban, and rural campuses are all featured. There’s also an alphabetical index of colleges. Each profile includes admissions standards as well as relevant statistics to make your decision easier, including where the school ranks in post-graduate grants and fellowships, what percentage of students go on to graduate school or further education, distinguishing facts about the curriculum, percentage of professors who have terminal degrees in their field, even what activities are available to students and what they’re likely to do on weekends.
 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143122302
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/28/2012
Edition description: 2013-2014 Edition
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 122,049
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Loren Pope (1910-2008) was education editor of the New York Times in the 1950s. In 1965 he opened the College Placement Bureau in Washington, D.C., to help families of college-bound students make informed choices. He was also the author of Looking Beyond the Ivy League and wrote numerous articles about the college application process.

Hilary Masell Oswald
lives in Denver, Colorado, where she writes about education, architecture and design, and public policy. Her work has appeared in Newsday, the Chicago Tribune, Edutopia, and other publications and websites.

Table of Contents

Getting Beyond the Hype (or Why you Can Relax and Enjoy your College Search) 1

Required Reading: College Myth Busters 11

Taking Your Learning Disability to College (and Why you're Going to Love It!) 17

Northeast

Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 25

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 33

Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 41

Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont 49

Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 56

Mid-Atlantic

Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia 63

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland 71

Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia 79

McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland 86

South

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 93

Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama 101

Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 109

Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida 117

Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina 125

Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 131

Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 139

New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida 146

Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee 154

Midwest

Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin 163

Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa 172

Denison University, Granville, Ohio 180

Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 187

Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 195

Hope College, Holland, Michigan 202

Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan 210

Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois 218

Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin 225

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio 233

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota 240

Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana 247

Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 255

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 263

Southwest

Austin College, Sherman, Texas 271

St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Annapolis, Maryland 279

Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 286

West

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington 293

Reed College, Portland, Oregon 300

St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California 308

Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington 315

Willamette University, Salem, Oregon 323

Colleges' Contact Information 331

Index of Colleges 339

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