Thanks to Michelle, our ISU Librarian, there are several new College Guides in the library. Each of these can help make your college search easier. They offer similar information, but each one offers that information in different ways. By using the right book, you can find what you want faster, depending on what you are looking for. I've highlighted what I believe are the relative strengths of each book. The new books are:
The College Majors Handbook:
This book offers very detailed descriptions of majors offered at universities, the careers that are possible after graduation with that major, and what that career is like. Useful no matter where you intend to matriculate; US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, or New Zealand.
The College Board Book of Majors:
This book offers descriptions of majors and where each major is offered, what courses you will likely take to pursue that major, and the type of careers that are possible after graduation. Useful no matter where you intend to matriculate; US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, or New Zealand.
Princeton Review's Guide to College Majors:
The strength of this book is that, when you read their description of majors, they include lists of other majors you might be interested in. For example, if you look up Business Management, it will list other related business majors you may not have known existed! Then you can look up descriptions of those majors. Who knows what you may find? Useful no matter where you intend to matriculate; US, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, or New Zealand.
US News and World Report's Ultimate College Guide:
Not only provides detailed information about every US college, but the strength of this guide is its many lists. Universities are listed by Safety vs Reach (easy or hard to enter), lists by cost, lists by the amount of financial aid they offer, and lists by diversity (including % of international students attending).
The College Board's College Handbook:
The Handbook provides descriptions of US colleges (about 1/3 of its contents lists 2-year colleges). It also provides a very good glossary of terms used in the college application process, lists of universities by size, and a list of universities by selectivity (how hard or easy they are to enter).
SAT Study Guides:
There are also a few SAT preparation guides and study guides available in the library. The items are not allowed out of the library. If you need to use one at home, please see your College Counselor for written permission to be communicated to the Librarian.
