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College & Testing Resources

Throughout the college search, students and families are often looking for additional resources to help them. To start your research, use the college resources at the School and online. Cascadilla maintains a library of college guidebooks, catalogs, view books, and various media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) published by colleges. We also recommend the following books and resources:

Colleges

• http://www.petersons.com
• http://www.collegeboard.com
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 (25th edition) by Edward B. Fiske
• The Insider’s Guide to Colleges, 2010: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want To Know (2009) edited by the Yale Daily News Staff
• Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges (2006) by Loren Pope
• College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy (2005) a collection of essays edited by Lloyd Thacker
• Questions and Admissions: Reflections on 100,000 Admissions Decisions at Stanford (1997) by Jean H. Fetter, a former Dean of Undergraduate Admissions – how college admissions offices make their decisions

Financial Aid for College

• http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/index.html

For Parents

• Letting Go: A Parents’ Guide to Today’s College Experience (1992) by Karen Levin Coburn & Madge Lawrence Treeger, two counselors at Washington University in St. Louis

Test Preparation

• Barron’s SAT (24th ed., 2008) by Sharon Weiner Green & Ira K. Wolf
• Cascadilla also offers SAT Preparation Classes through Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions.

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