The Experts' Choice: Best College Planning Resources

List produced by the Experts

The Top 10

• 1. College Admissions Data Sourcebooks by Wintergreen Orchard House
• 2. The College Board Book of Majors by the College Board
• 3. The College Board College Handbook by the College Board
• 4. The College Finder by Steven Antonoff
• 5. Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope
• 6. Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different by Donald Ash
• 7. K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities by The Princeton Review
• 8. Profiles of American Colleges by Barron's
• 9. Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges by Frederick E. Rugg
• 10. U.S. News Ultimate College Guide by the staff of U.S.News & World Report

Other Choices

• Admission Matters by Sally P. Springer and Marion R. Franck
• America's Best Colleges for B Students by Tamara B. Orr
• College Match by Steven R. Antonoff and Marie A. Friedemann
• College Sourcebook for Students with Learning and Developmental Disabilities by Midge Lipkin
• Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians, and Writers by Elaina Loveland
• Harvard Schmarvard by Jay Mathews
• Peterson's College Guide for Performing Arts Majors by Carole J. Everett
• Real College Essays that Work by Edward Fiske and Bruce Hammond
• The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students by Shane L. Windmeyer
• The Big Book of Colleges by College Prowler
• The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
• The National Directory of College Athletics by Collegiate Directories, Inc.
• U.S. College and University Reference Map by Hedberg Maps