INSIDS THE TOP COLLEGES

    Based on a survey of more than 4,000 current students at twenty of the country's top colleges Academic reputation is the number-one reason students apply to Ivy League schools, but are they pre-pared for the host of other factors that will affect their success oil campus? I.side the Top Colleges breaks through the "halo" of prestige surrounding the nation's elite schools to reveal what tile quality of education and daily life is really like on these campuses. Every institution has its strengths and weaknesses; this book examines those factors that can result m a highly positive college experience or a potentially negative one.Students speak out on.



作者简介：
HOWARD GREENE,M.A.,M.ED.,is a former admissions officer and member of the faculty board of advisers at Princeton University,As the nation's foremost educational consultant,Howard has counseled more than 25000atudents over the past thirty years.A graduate of Dartmouth College,the holds master's degrees from Harvard and New York University,He is the founder of Howard Greene & Associational counseling firm with offices in Connecticut and New York.He lives in Wilton,Connecticut.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
ONE The Select Speak Out:The Major Findings
TWO The Academic Experience
THREE The Cost of an Elite Education
FOUR Is This All There Is？Social Life on Campus
FIVE Diversifying the Campus
SIX Alcohol and Drugs on Campus
Seven Danger in the lvory Tower:Safety on Cumpus
EIGHT Political Activism on Campus
NINE An Opportunity for Achievement:The Publis Lvies
TEN Coping with College
ELEVEN Students Weigh the College Experience and the Future
TWELVE Advice for Students and Parents
Appendix
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