1. Researching Colleges 101 1

2. COLLEGE RESEARCH Personal criteria College Searches Guides & General Publications Direct Inquiry Recently Graduated Alumni Current Students College Visits 2

3. PERSONNAL CRITERIA QUESTIONS Vacations Planned trips Local visits 3

4. Objective College Searches (URL/Web Addresses) http://www.collegeboard.com http://www.petersons.com/college- search.aspx http://actstudent.org/collegesearch/ http://www.collegeview.com/index.jsp Http://www.collegedata.com/ http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ 4

5. CollegeBoard.Com Navigating MatchMaker 5

6. Subjective College Searches (URL/Web Addresses) http://www.review.com http://www.collegeprowler.com 6

7. IB Recognition Policy Summaries http://www.ibo.org/diploma/recognition/ recognitionpolicy/ 7

8. Objective Guides College Boards College Handbook Petersons Four College Guide Barrons Profiles of American Colleges THE Common Data Set: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/coll ege-search-selection/76444-links-common- data-sets-posted-colleges-14.html 8

9. Subjective Guides The Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske The Best 376 Colleges by The Princeton Review The College Finder by Steve Antonoff Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope Choosing the Right College: The ISI Guide Recommendations on the Colleges by fred Ruggs The Insiders Guide to Colleges by the staff of The Yale Daily News 9

10. DIRECT INQUIRY Admission Office Web Site College Fairs Information Nights High school visits interviews 10

11. COLLEGE VISITS ADMISSION OFFICE TOUR OF CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS OF INTEREST CLASSROOM VISIT PERSONAL SURVEY OF STUDENTS 11

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