Teachin'Mine Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) We're not only teachers and facilitators, but guidance counselors too. This may have already been done in the past, but I haven't been able to find it searching here and googling. I thought it might be helpful for all who are searching for colleges if everyone could please list the websites, books, or whatever they are using to find appropriate schools. General search sites and ones more specific to major or type of college are both helpful. If there are any old threads on this, any links would be great too. Thank you to all!!! Here's the site for US News & World Report http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges Edited June 14, 2012 by Teachin'Mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Here's another one, but being that it's Peterson's, I don't know if all of it is free or not. Any reviews from someone who has used this? http://www.petersons.com/college-search.aspx Here's one from the College Board. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search Edited June 14, 2012 by Teachin'Mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Here's a site listing what they think are the three best searches. http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-planning/best-college-search-sites/ College Navigaor was no.1 http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ College Board - no. 2 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search and Princeton Reveiw - no. 3 http://www.princetonreview.com/schoolsearch.aspx?sch=College The site which lists them gives good info on the advantages of each one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Some books that I found helpful were: Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by Donald Asher and, written from a conservative Christian viewpoint but of help to any homeschooler considering specific colleges, Choosing the Right College: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools and All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna in Sacramento Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 [quote= Here's the site for US News & World Report http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges Just a word of caution, re: US News Rankings. I'm currently pursuing a post-baccalaureate College Counseling certificate from UCLA (online). The US News rankings are usually disregarded by those in the College Counseling field-has to do with the "methodology" used to create the rankings. There are better sources available for researching colleges. For one of the courses I took, we had to create a "presence" on the internet (blog, website, or Facebook page). I opted to create a blog. Here is the link: http://bestfitcc.wordpress.com/ On the right hand side of the blog home page I have resources listed (websites and blogs) that are my "go to" pages. Please note: I'm not currently working in the field for pay, just volunteering and updating my blog from time to time while I finish the courses and my sons finish high school. :001_smile: I will go dig out my books and post more info on those later. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna in Sacramento Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Some books that I found helpful were: Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by Donald Asher This book was one of two used in a "The College Admissions Process" course I took through the UCLA College Counseling program. Asher is quirky and the books is laid out in a "funky" manner. But it's a fun read and full of solid information. Especially useful for learning about schools not on the beaten path. Skewed toward private colleges. Coupled with Asher's book for that course was Admission Matters (Springer, Reider, Franck)-the 2nd ed. of that book. Fantastic, inexpensive resource. I would say required reading for both student and parents. Really unpacks the college admissions process and provides some good jumping off points for family discussions. I think I spent $10 on this-and the advice is priceless, truly! Back to digging up more books.... Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thank you Kareni and Donna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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