RESOURCES IN THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

BOOKS:
1. The Gatekeepers: Inside the College Admissions Process of a Premier College,
by Jaques Steinberg. (Viking Penguin, 2002) In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter, Jaques Steinberg, was given the opportunity to spend nearly a year observing the selection process at Wesleyan University.

2. Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by
Donald Asher. (Ten Speed Press, 2000) The author spent more than fourteen years of inquiry, surveying, visiting, writing, and speaking with college administrators.  He has included every accredited two-year and four-year institution in the U.S. and Canada.  This guide is not meant to be the primary guide in a counselor’s office.  It is meant to provide information not readily available everywhere.  The book includes a valuable array of “cool book alerts” and “cool web-sites”.  It is a great resource not only for the “different”
Information  but because it contains so many other useful resources.

3. The Templeton Guide: Colleges That Encourage Character Development edited by the John Templeton Foundation. (Templeton Foundation Press, 1999) A collection of approximately 550 programs and institutions found to develop character through volunteering, community projects, substance abuse prevention programs, superb guidance and monitoring throughout the college years, a curriculum dealing with ethical and character issues, and programs supportive of spiritual development.

4.The College Finder: Choosing the School That’s Right for You by Steven R Antonoff
(Fawcett Books. 1999) A book of lists such as “Colleges for the Shy Person” and “Colleges that Offer a Fast Track to a Career”.

5. Colleges that Change Lives: Forty Schools That You Should Know About Even if You Are   Not A Straight-A Student by Loren Pope (penguin 2000). A close-up look at worthwhile colleges that you may not already know.

6. The Best 361 Colleges- 2006 The Smart Student’s Guide to Colleges.  Princeton Review
Book begins with a good “Parent’s Guide”.

www.Google.com:  search engine that will take you to any college’s web site     

www.collegeboard.com: Information on standardized testing: AP, SAT, and PSAT as well as a college search engine and many other useful items.

www.co-op.edu: National Commission for Cooperative Education offers information on colleges that combine classroom studies with paid professional work experience which helps with expenses while student is in school.

www.ncaaclearinghouse.net: Register for NCAA initial eligibility.

www.ncaa.org: NCAA’s web site

www.nacac.com: The National Association for College Admission Counseling offers several useful, low cost brochures, including, “Guide to the College Admissions Process” and “Web-Sources for the College Bound”.

www.princetonreview.com/college: college search engine, articles