Greenes' Guides to Educational Planning: The Hidden Ivies

<p>Completely revised and updated with a dozen new colleges and universities the essential guide students need to help them choose and gain admission to the outstanding schools that fit them best.</p><p>Based on Howard and Matthew Greene's years of counseling experience and research <em>The Hidden Ivies</em> is an invaluable in-depth look inside sixty-three renowned academic institutions. These private colleges and universities offer students a broad liberal arts education that will help them build a strong foundation for the rest of their lives. The Greenes help families understand what makes an Ivy League college so desirable and why these Hidden Ivies (some less well-known than others) offer an educational and personal experience to rival that found on Ivy campuses. </p><p>In this fully revised and updated edition--featuring new institutions including Dickinson College Fordham University and Southern Methodist University--the premier educational consultants and authors of <em>Making It Into a Top College</em> take you school-by-school revealing: </p><ul><li>Why these are unique institutions of exceptional merit</li><li>What criteria to use in evaluating different programs</li><li>The admissions requirements for each selective school</li><li>How to approach the selective college admissions process today</li><li>Student perspectives on their college experiences</li><li>The value of pursuing a liberal arts education</li></ul><p>Choosing a college is one of the most important decisions every student--and their parents--will ever make. With costs rising and so many to choose from--and the competition for acceptance more intense than ever before--<em>The Hidden Ivies</em> offers invaluable insights and advice to help every student choose and apply to the right school: the place where they will thrive academically socially and personally.</p>