Finding the Right College

Antonoff, Steven R. College Match: A Blueprint for Choosing the Best School for You. Octameron Associates. Dec 20, 2011.

Antonoff, Steven R.The College Finder, 2017

This is another book by Steven Antonoff. It's hard to describe what makes The College Finder such a great book for exploring colleges. It's just a big book of lists -- 700 of them -- on all types of colleges. You can find "best colleges for the undecided student" for those who don't know about majors and careers. "Colleges with fine history departments" . . ."Colleges for the Quirky student" . . . . "The 'most catholic' Catholic colleges" . . . "Schools with Farms" . . . "Colleges with a winning tradition in bowling"

O'Shaughnessy, Lynn. The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price (2nd Edition). FT Press (May 3, 2012).

What Is a Successful College Education? | Reed
Important considerations for parents and students.

College Express
This website includes lists and rankings of colleges which can be filtered for majors, school environment, costs, athletics, and more. The list of majors was prepared by people familiar with the discipline.

Best Degree Programs across multiple disciplines and education levels from Intelligent.com.

Get Smart about Selectivity: Nearly Half of US Colleges Accept 75% of Applicants - https://www.nacacnet.org/student/

Students who are busy completing their college applications should take heart. Although the average yield rate continues to decline, federal data show that nearly half of all four-year colleges and universities in the US accept 75 percent or more of their applicants.
This is very good advice. Make sure you have a number of schools on your list that you are likely to get in. That means (roughly, with exceptions) that you are in the middle 50% of their admitted students in terms of grades and test scores. You can find that out on the Big Future site or the college's own page. You can apply to some schools that are more of a stretch, but the real meat or your applications should be schools that are likely to accept you. And there should be MANY since the majority of GREAT schools admit a good chunk of their applicants.

College Raptor Best Colleges
This is a great list of colleges to explore: schools where students have a great chance of admission and a great chance of finishing in four years! You'll need to check out financial aid, but that's not too hard to do.

29 Great Colleges for B Students and How to Get In
If you’re at the end of your junior year or the beginning of your senior year, and you have mostly B’s on your transcript, you can still get admitted to an excellent college.

30 Colleges with the Most Impressive Job Placement Rates and Career Services | Online Schools
This list of 30 colleges and universities with the most impressive job placement rates offers a group of schools that are dedicated to helping students find well-suited majors and careers under the aid of a well-established career services departments. It is meant to introduce students to educational institutions that produce well-trained, gainfully employed students.

Innovative Colleges That Give Students Real-World Experiences
Learn differently!! Featuring Olin, Evergreen and more!

Need Options? Consider Colleges That Change Lives
All of the people I know with expertise in the area of college planning are HUGE supporters of Colleges that Change Lives. Forty terrific small liberal arts colleges, many of which are open to students with less than perfect GPAS. Some offer great financial aid too Here's a good explaination of why they should be on your radar. - www.forbes.com

Interested in a STEM career?
If you are planning on pursuing a STEM career, the ability to do research as an undergraduate is a big deal. Some students choose small liberal arts colleges, where they don't have to compete with graduate students for research opportunities. But some large research schools provide research opportunities for undergraduates. Thankfully, the University of Idaho is one of them.

Wondering about the benefits of a liberal college education?
The study's initial results suggest that one can prove that a liberal arts-style education can be associated with greater odds, compared to others with bachelor's degrees, on such qualities as being a leader, being seen as ethical, appreciating arts and culture and leading a fulfilling and happy life.

Student Athletes

- Choosing a college | College Board
For all college-bound students, the process of choosing and applying to colleges has many steps. Student-athletes who plan on playing college sports are often faced with several additional ones.

- Recruiting's Color Wheel: Redshirt, greenshirt, grayshirt, blueshirt
Here is additional important information for future college athletes and those who aspire to be.