Recommended College Guides & Parent Reading

We’ve listed below several college guides that we recommend for their various purposes, thoughtful analyses, and helpful formats.  Bear in mind that no guide is exhaustive and all are necessarily somewhat subjective, though they work hard to offer fair and objective views.

In every case, for accurate, up-to-date information on application deadlines and admission requirements, go straight to the college's website.  Never rely on any outside guide, including all those listed here.

College Guides

The college guide/search engine in Naviance, our online college software program. For log-in information, contact Christine Uebe in our office at 262-260-6801 or via email.

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 (27^th ed., Sourcebooks, Inc.)

The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, 2011 (37^th ed., St. Martin’s Griffin)

Rugg’s Recommendations On The Colleges (27^th ed., Rugg’s Recommendations)

Colleges That Change Lives (Loren Pope, Penguin Books)

Peterson’s Guides to Colleges—multiple guides focusing on different aspects of college and different areas of interest (Peterson’s)

College Board Handbooks—multiple handbooks focusing on different aspects of college (e.g., campuses, majors, scholarships, financial aid, international students)

Parent Reading

This is just a sampler of books we’ve liked or that have been well reviewed by others, but other such books are out there.  If you find a great book on parenting your kids as they go to and through college, please let us know so we can add it to our list!

Letting Go:  A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the College Years
(Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, 5th ed., Harper, 2009)

Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money:  The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years
(Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller, St. Martin’s, 2000)

You’re on Your Own (But I’m Here If You Need Me):  Mentoring Your Child During the College Years
(Marjorie Savage, Fireside, 2009)

I’ll Miss You Too:  An Off-to-College Guide for Parents and Students
(Margo E. Woodacre Bane and Steffany Bane, Sourcebooks, 2006)

Parent’s Guide to College and Careers:  How to Help, not Hover
(Barbara Cooke, Jist Works, 2010)

Parents’ Guide to College Life:  181 Straight Answers on Everything You Can Expect Over the Next Four Years
(Robin Raskin, Princeton Review, 2006)

Sending Your Child to College:  The Prepared Parent's Operational Manual
(Marie Pinak Carr and her daughters, Katharine Carr, Ann Carr and Elizabeth Carr, Dicmar Publishing, 2009)

I'm Going to College—Not You!  Surviving the College Search with Your Child
(Jennifer Delahunty, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010)