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Books About College Admissions:

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges, by Loren Pope and Hilary Masell Oswald. Descriptions of 40 lesser-known but excellent liberal arts colleges.

Fiske Guide to Colleges, by Edward Fiske. Updated annually. Contains profiles and personal descriptions of more than 320 popular colleges and universities.

Insider Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily News Staff. Updated annually. Contains profiles and personal descriptions of more than 330 colleges and universities.

The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College, by Jacques Steinberg. Describes the author’s experience observing an admissions cycle at Wesleyan University.

Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites, by Mitchell Stevens. Describes the author’s experience observing the admissions process at Hamilton College.

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