Books About College and Other Options
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A thick, information-packed book (now in 13th edition) listing out of the ordinary ways to go about getting an education, with close to 2,000 programs listed.
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College students (120,000 of them) reveal what life is really like at the nation's top schools.
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Assurance about prospects for college admission, and profiles 40 colleges that excel at developing potential, values, initiative and risk-taking in a wide range of students.
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Good tips on academia facts with lots of comments from students—a very interesting and useful college guide!
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A helpful guide to colleges, with opinions based on surveys of college officials and students.
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Ideas about preparing for the college application, with input submitted by many experienced families.
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Listings of over 10,000 correspondence courses in arts and sciences at many accredited schools and universities—some appropriate for high school level.
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Offers advice and alternatives to standard college routes and myths, as well as guidelines to college applications.
Opportunities After "High School": Thoughts, Documents, Resources, by Wes Beach
Includes a number of transcripts Beach has written for his students; these transcripts can be used as models for homeschool transcripts. Also discusses community college enrollment; preparing for, choosing, and applying to four-year colleges; and opportunities other than formal academic study. A number of resource books are described. Available from HSC for $15: Make checks payable to Wes Beach, and send to HSC Book Order, 5520 Old San Jose Road, Soquel, CA 95073. His talks can be arranged through HSC by emailing the teen adviser or at (831) 462-5867.-
Explores the question of whether you actually want or need to go to college in order to meet your career goals.
