440 Great Colleges For Top Students

Profiles over four hundred colleges that attract high-achievement students, with information on academic life, post-baccalaureate choices of recent graduating classes, and guidance on applying to these schools.

A reference for high-achieving students lists top-selected competitive colleges that provide stimulating educational curriculums, in a resource that evaluates each institution for such criteria as academics, student body, and campus life. Original.

Presents alphabetized profiles of 440 competitive colleges in the U.S. and Canada, providing contact information and covering academics, the student body, facilities and resources, campus life, safety, and application requirements and deadlines; and includes "A Parent's Guide to Paying for College" on a CD, presented in English and Spanish.

Peterson's Competitive Colleges is a selective college guide of 440 chosen colleges and universities with entering-class statistics indicating they routinely attract and admit an above-average share of the nation's high-achieving students. Each institution has a full-page statistical profile. Sponsors are given the opportunity to have a 100-word announcement on the subject of their choice appear with their profile.

Presents alphabetized profiles of 440 competitive colleges in the U.S. and Canada, providing contact information and covering academics, the student body, facilities and resources, campus life, safety, and application requirements and deadlines; and includes "A Parent's Guide to Paying for College" on a CD, presented in English and Spanish.

Information on nearly 500 institutions that traditionally admit the brighteststudents are included in this comprehensive and concise guide.