CHOOSING A COLLEGE

CONTENTS

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PART I: WHAT TO CONSIDER

• Chapter 1: An Important Decision



• An Important Decision


• Differences in College


• Sources of Advice


• Tests and Admissions


• Personal Factors


• Paying for College


• Financial Aid


• College Jobs


• Expectations




• Chapter 2: Universities



• Introduction


• Teaching versus Research


• Size




• Chapter 3: Liberal Arts Colleges



• Size


• Colleges Vs. Universities


• Finding Small Colleges


• Combined S.A.T. 1200+


• Combined S.A.T. 1100-1199


• Combined S.A.T. 1000-1099


• Weeding Out


• Strengths and Weaknesses




• Chapter 4: Specialized Schools



• Engineering


• Lists and Rankings


• Quantitative S.A.T.S. in the 700s


• Quantitative S.A.T.S. in the 600s


• Quantitative S.A.T.S. in the 500s


• Specialization


• Military Academies




• Chapter 5: Kinds of Education




• Kinds of Education


• The Curriculum


• Course Requirements


• "Interdisciplinary" Fields


• Teaching


• Indoctrination and Irresponsibility


• Faculty Scholarship


• Vocationalism




• Chapter 6: Kinds of Environments



• Location


• The Sexual Environment


• Toleration




• Chapter 7: Minority Students



• Black Students


• Asian Americans

PART I: WHAT TO DO

• Chapter 8: Getting Started



• Test Scores


• College Guides and Rankings




• Chapter 9: Weeding Out



• Weeding Out


• Brochures


• Catalogues


• Financial Weeding




• Chapter 10: The Campus Visit



• Professors


• Dormitories


• The Local Community


• Libraries


• Food




• Chapter 11: The Admission Games



• Introduction


• Rules of the Game


• Players in the Game


• Strategy and Counter-Strategy


• Councelors and Coaches


• Essays and Inerviews


• The Colleges' Strategies




• Chapter 12: Your Choice



• Income and Career Prospects


• The Unthinkable


• Financial Aid


• A Choice of Futures

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