COLLEGE SEARCH RESOURCES

Books for the initial selection and application process:

• Antonoff, Steven R. and Marie A Friedermann. College Match: A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You. Alexandria, VA; Octameron Associates. Updated every year.

• Berger, Sandra L. College Planning for Gifted Students. Prufrock Press, 2006 (3rd ed).

• Fiske, Edward. Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2004 (2nd ed).

• Hayden, Thomas C. Insider's Guide to College Admissions. Princeton, NJ: Peterson's, 1999.

• Matthews, Jay. Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You. Roseville, CA: Prima Publishing, 2003.

• Pope, Loren. Colleges That Change Lives. Revised edition. New York: Penguin Books, 2006.

• Pope, Loren. Looking Beyond The Ivy League. New York: Penguin Books, 1996.

• Steinberg, Jacques. The Gatekeepers: Inside The Admissions Process of a Premier College. New York: New York Times, 2002.

  [Books published by Octameron and The College Board are available directly from the organizations' websites.]

Financial Aid:

• The College Board. Meeting College Costs: What You Need to Know Before Your Child and Your Money Leave Home. (2006 ed).

• Leider, Robert and Anna Leider. Don't Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Scholarships and Loans. Alexandria, VA: Octameron Associates.

• Leider, Anna. The A's and B's of Academic Scholarships: 100,000 Scholarships for Top Students. Alexandria, VA: Octameron Associates.

Guidebooks:

• Antonoff, Steven. College Finder. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999 (rev. ed, will be updated soon). (Lists colleges by many different categories)

• Asher, Donald. Cool Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different. 2nd edition. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2007. (a subjective guide)

• The College Board. The College Handbook. New York: College Entrance Examination Board. Published every year. (an objective guide)

• Fiske, Edward B. The Fiske Guide to Colleges. New York: Times Books/Random House. Published every year. (a subjective guide)

• Greene, Howard and Matthew. The Hidden Ivies: Thirty Colleges of Excellence. New York: Harper Collins, 2000. (a subjective guide)

• The Princeton Review. The Best 366 Colleges: The Smart Student's Guide to Colleges. New York: Random House. Published every year. (a subjective guide)

Self-Knowledge and Careers:

• Tieger, Paul and Barbara Barron. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type. 4th edition. Boston: Little, Brown, 2007.

Websites:

• The College Board, www.collegeboard.com
• Fastweb scholarship search, www.fastweb.org
• Financial aid supersite, www.finaid.org
• Princeton Review, www.princetonreview.com
• Most colleges' own websites will be the college's name followed by .edu