num_pages: 768
description: For nearly two decades, The Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the indispensable source of information for students and parents all over the country. Candid, lively, and reliable, it speaks with unique authority covering everything from where a school's history department ranks academically to where its sports teams rank nationally, from which dining halls should be avoided to which professors' classes shouldn't be missed. The result is -- as USA Today has written -- "the most readable and informative" of all the college guides published. Based on more annually updated surveys of thousands of students, teachers, and administrators than any other guide, this thoroughly revised edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges answers all the questions prospective students, guidance counselors, and parents might ever have. You'll all the application information you need--where to find them, which ones are the most difficult to fill out, which schools have long-lead deadlinesquality-of-life, academic, and social-life ratings for each school -- "party school" or "monastery"?listings of each college's strongest departments and majorsFiske's exclusive selection of the "Best Buys" for 2001 -- the schools that offer you the most value for your money
language: English
title: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2001
titlecomplete: The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2001
genres: College, Reference, Nonfiction, Education
ratings_count: 338
publisher: Three Rivers Press