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Finding the College That's Right for You ReviewIf you've looked through the Fiske or Princeton Review guide and realized that most of the schools listed are too selective for your child, this is probably the best guide for you. There is a little bit of overlap between the guides to the "best colleges" and Dr. Palladino's book, but not too much, so you will be getting different information. Even if you're insisting that your child go to a school listed in Fiske, if your child is a "mid-range" student, it might be good to see if Palladino lists the school in this book, as his choices are known to turn average students into ones that excel.The best thing about Palladino's book is his very intelligent system of determining how the schools were included in the book. He wants schools to be relatively small (under 7,500 students), have a good freshman retention rate (75% or higher), a good graduation rate (50% or higher), a high percentage of faculty with terminal degrees, an average class size below 30, the availability of "transition to college programs," free psychological counseling, a good variety of athletic and extracurricular activities, a good rate of students going on to graduate school, an impressive distribution of core requirements, and he prefers residential campuses over commuter campuses. There are even a few more conditions, and he defends his reasons for basing his inclusions on these factors very well.
Because of his thorough system, I think parents should feel confident that the colleges he's chosen to feature are good ones. Further backing Palladino up is the fact that some of his choices overlap the less selective schools recommended by such experts as Loren Pope and Jay Mathews. There are a few schools in Palladino's book that might be too difficult for the average student, such as Elon University, but I feel he's nearly always accurate with his assessments. While I really do think there are some schools in Fiske that would accept the "mid-range" student, you will have a greater variety of choices in this book, and I highly recommend it.
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Finding the College That's Right for You Overview
While every parent would like to see his orher child head off to Harvard, Princeton,Yale or Columbia, the reality is that very fewstudents are Ivy League material. Manyparents overestimate or simply neglect toevaluate their child's academic qualifications.150 Great Colleges for Mid-Range Studentsis designed to help parents and their childrenrealistically assess the child's scholasticability and select the most suitable college.The book:
Defines just who the average ormid-range student is
Uses clear criteria for the selectionof the 150 best mid-range colleges
Provides detailed descriptions of allthe featured colleges
Bad matches between colleges and studentshave led to a 30 percent freshman dropoutrate and an even higher percentage of transfersand delayed graduations. 150 GreatColleges for Everyday Students equipsparents and students with the informationthey need to make the right decision.
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