College Information

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Standardized Testing

Schools not requiring SAT or ACT scores
The College Board Home
SAT
SAT Subject Tests
AP at The College Board
PSAT and National Merit Scholarship Program
ACT Home
New-SAT Takers: Confused Yet?, The New York Times, Jan. 30., 2005


School Research

Useful Web Sites
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Common Application Form for Undergraduate Admission
U.S News & World Report College Rankings

Useful Books
College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy, Lloyd Thacker (ed.)
The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, by Jerome Karabel.
Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More, by Derek Bok.
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges, Loren Pope.
Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond, by Marilee Jones.
Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different, by Donald Asher.

Relevant Press Articles
Student Loans-Navigating the Maze; The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2007
Teaching at Harvard; Letter to The Editor, New York Times, May, 14, 2007
Hopes Dim for Kids on College Wait Lists; The Wall Street Journal, May 16,2007
Ivy League Crunch Brings New Cachet to Next Tier; The New York Times, May 16, 2007
College Leaders Line Up Against Rankings; The New York Sun, May 21, 2007
Some Colleges to Drop Out of U.S. News Rankings; The New York Times, June 20, 2007


And Now For Something Completely Different!
British Council U.S.: Undergraduate Study in the U.K.
The London Times Top U.K. Schools
Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at Oxford University

Foreign Schools Qualifying for Federal Student Aid and 529 College Savings Plans