100 Colleges Where Average Students Can Excel, 1e

By Joe Anne Adler and Joanne Adler

Here is the only college guide designed to meet the needs of students who want a quality education but need extra help to attain it. It profiles 100 top-quality schools renowned for their innovative teaching styles, unique curricula, small class sizes, extensive academic services, and abundant on-campus housing--all features that help average students thrive--and includes information on admissions, tuition, and enrollment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 002861044X
• ISBN13: 9780028610443
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Arco
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.7" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

An "Oldie but Goodie"

The book was published in 1997 and has not been revised. That's the bad news. The good news is that most of the descriptions of the colleges in this book are still pretty accurate. Despite outdated statistics and specifics about each school, the "100" continue to be good places for average students. As a practicing high school guidance director, I still refer to this book as a "starting point" for students who just do not have flashy resumes but who are serious and doing the best they can with academics. With all the hype and frenzy generated by the media and annual rankings for a handful of elite institutions, colleges in this book are usually "below the radar" and are definitely worth investigating.

Great suggestions for your underachiever

After having to admit that my child is a very average student, the rest was easy. This book was very informative and helped me find several serious college options that stress small interactive student/teacher discussions, work/study experiences, and teacher-student mentoring that may help the underachiever grow. Excellent introductions to a variety of colleges/universities I had never heard of before, that look very promising. 5 stars!