Here are some suggested resources to use. Most are available in the guidance office or the library. Many are also available at local bookstores. Some of these books are factual and statistical (Barron’s, Peterson’s, The College Board Handbook). Others are anecdotal (The Public Ivys, The Fiske Guide to Colleges). A combination of both kinds of books is the best approach.

College:

• Art Student’s College Guide: Linda Sweetow and Carol Brown
• Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges
• The Best Colleges: Princeton Review
• The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness:  Edward M. Hallowell
• The College Admissions Mystique: Bill Mayher
• The College Handbook:  The College Board
• The College Board Index of Majors: The College Board
• Colleges that Change Lives: Loren Pope
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges: Edward Fiske
• Guide to Colleges with Programs or Services for Students with Learning Disabilities: Midge Lipkin (Schoolsearch)
• Harvard Schmarvard:  Jay Mathews
• The Hidden Ivies: Howard Greene and Matthew Greene
• The International Student Handbook put out by the College Board
• The Insider’s Guide to Colleges: Yale University Press
• Letting Go: Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
• Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Loren Pope
• Lovejoy’s College Guide: Simon and Schuster
• A Mind at a Time:  Mel Levine
• The Performing Arts Major’s College Guide: Carole J. Everett
• Peterson’s Guide to Colleges with Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities
• Peterson’s Guide to Selective Colleges
• Peterson’s Guide to Four Year Colleges
• The Primal Teen:  Barbara Strauch
• The Public Ivys: Richard Moll
• Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges: Frederick Ruggs
• The Smart Girl’s Guide to College: edited by Cristina Page
• Too Much of a Good Thing:  Daniel J. Kindlon
• The Young Woman’s Guide to the Top Colleges:  Robert Mitchell

Financial Aid:

• Barron’s Handbook of American College Financial Aid
• The College Cost Book: The College Board
• The College Money Book: Peterson
• Don’t Miss Out: Leider