The All-In-One College Guide: A More-Results, Less-Stress Plan for Choosing, Getting Into, Finding the Money For, and Making the Most Out of College

As the title promises, we really did love this college guide. If a parent or prospective college student could read one only book about colleges, this would be the one. With one child in college and another getting ready to apply, we've read about a dozen college guides. This one has information that none of the others has, including recommendations of other guide books that contain more detail on particular topics. We recommend this book without qualification.

As I was reading through much of the information in this book, it became very clear to me how easy the college experience could be with the right preperations. This book allows the reader(students and parents) to 1) Ask the right questions 2) Not be over anxious 3) Be confident when asking for items. I recently wrote 6 emails requesting information on certain colleges asking for the information that Marty Nemko advised. Viola! I recieved all of the information. This book is full of useful things and guides and isn't overly dry. Different sections for parents, and insider's tips etc. Overall this is a great book for the college bound.

As a parent of a high school sophomore, this book provided excellent insight and advice as to how begin the college search: the critical advance preparations needed to finance higher education, and even how to help the high school student sharpen study skills, a lesson that is often learned too late if one waits for the college years. The reader is provided with the pros and cons of varying types of college experiences plus a "how-to" guide which is geared to assist all freshmen in adjusting to their new environment. The final checklist (what high school students should be preparing well in advance of college) is a necessary organizational tool that will make the "college process" much less formidable. I would recommend this book to every parent of freshman in high school; the advance preparation that is made possible by this guide are invaluable.