How to get into the top colleges
这本书我很早以前在论坛上看到有前辈推荐过中文版本，不过那个翻译的是很早的版本，而且在国内市场上基本绝种。但这本书的英文版是非常优秀的申请综合书，内容综合而全面。有关于选校，AO审核过程揭密，申请策略定位，特殊案例（有专门分析国际学生问题的），学术竞争力和非学术竞争力，材料制作，申请时遇到的问题，奖学金问题，上学前的准备，还有N多优秀ESSAY范例＋评价。可以说是超级的全面。尤其推荐该书对于USNews一类的学校排名的思考和分析，很Critical，这本书甚至都谈到了交大的那个排名，推荐中国申请者阅读，对排名有更好的认识。美中不足的是这本书对于一些申请细节的地方讨论的过于general，而且由于作者本身的经历所限制，有些地方的分析不够透彻和到位。但整体而言这本书是本科留学的必备，很全面，里面还提到了英国留学的问题。作为工具书也非常好用。
A is for Admission
该书由Dartmouth的前任Assistant Director of Admissions MicheleA.Hernandez编写。很显然里面有很多地方揭了AO的老底。该书的最大看点是从AO的角度看申请，里面谈到了很多在Ivy里面通用的一些材料申请审核规律，比如他们的AcademicIndex公式算法，SAT，GPA在申请中的权重，还有根据申请者不同的特点进行案例分类给出一系列的建议。如果你有足够的时间，这本书能帮助你了解AO是怎么看申请的。该书在申请的细节上讨论的不多，但是对于申请各个方面的分析很透彻而且可信度较高。和第一本How to get intothe topcolleges是一个很好的互补。但是如果你已经在开始做申请，而且时间不是很充分，不建议你购买。因为它讨论的关于材料本身的东西不多。
What it really takes to get into the Ivy League
书如其名，是分析怎样提高自己各方面竞争力来提高Chance的书。Harvard的前任资深AO ChuckHughes写的。这本书的分析角度是从在申请中组成申请者的Candidacy的各种因素讨论的，以及各个因素在申请中的重要性。该书和上一本在内容上有一定的相似性，但是它的特点是不局限与申请本身，而是以长远的角度来教你如何提高自己的竞争力的。涉及的范围很广而且时间跨度较长。该书我仅推荐在离最后申请至少有2年以上时间的朋友阅读。当我读完这本书的时候唯一的感慨就是：相见恨晚。
Fiske Guide to Colleges
大陆似乎听说这本书的不多。不过这本书是美国大学选校的权威，25年的历史磨练出来的，也是最早的一本选校书。所以它有相当深厚的内容的奠基，后来的选校书都是学它的。这本书前面有几个特别好的部分就是The best buys 和A guide for preprofessionals. Thebest buys每年会对清单更新，推荐出性价比最高的学校。A guide forpreprofessionals是一个对有很强的专业倾向的学生设计的，比如像商科，设计，建筑一类的专业在本科中都属于preprofessionals。我当时在找哪个学校商科好的时候就很痛苦。USNEWS的收费排名都是大U的Program排名，而专业院校的排名也是大U里面的，而且那个是针对研究生的。大U有些本科教育不错，但有些的徒有虚名，你去了经常需要抢位注册课程，而且注册的竞争非常激烈，很多学生5，6年才能毕业。而且大U还有个问题就是经常会TA教课。这个清单根据不同的preprofessionals专业进行分类，列出这些专业是哪些学校的强项，而学校涵盖了大U和LAC，很适合本科生。这本书在学校资料方面写的像一篇论文，不过文章的客观性较强而且穿插了学生的评价，这样能帮助你对学校有比较立体的认识。唯一不太喜欢的就是在学校的一些指数打分上面过于含糊，采用5分制，这样很难分辨好坏。不过除了这个，这本书真damn good。
推荐指数：5
购买：http://www.amazon.com/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2008/dp/1402208367作者: Cameron 时间: 2010-8-12 14:45
The best *** colleges
PR的书，名气比较大，国内买的也比较多。说说我的看法把，这本书的观点很不客观。因为这本书所有的评价都是来自于学生，但学生在评论学校的时候局限性很强，说白了就是不能给你太多申请者真正想了解的信息。我推荐这本书唯一的原因是我比较喜欢它肥美的统计数据，每个学校两边有很多来自AO的统计数据，而且评分比较采用60-99的，方便不同学校之间的比较。不过这本书因为来自PR，所以它的客观性肯定要打折扣的，自己在看的时候要Critical点。我去香港找PR的Counselor的时候，他们说他们自己都不看那个书，用的是Peterson的资源。另外如果你不想花钱买，你可以在PR自己的网站上搜索学校资料。其中的内容和这本书的内容完全一样，而且那个更新比出书的速度要快。你唯一缺少的是这本书中的School list.Fine~我会在这个帖子的最后给出这个list，不过是361那个版本的，凑合着用吧。
推荐指数：4
购买：http://www.amazon.com/Best-Colle ... uides/dp/0375766219作者: Cameron 时间: 2010-8-12 14:45
材料篇
Acing the college Application
哈哈～又是MicheleA.Hernandez的书，跟它那个A是很好的互补书。这本书的好处是短小精悍，而且专门针对申请材料本身。从填表，Essay到材料汇编，interview什么的，基本上能涵盖所有申请材料的问题。是本必看的指导书，而且避免不必要的材料错误，里面偶最喜欢CommonApplication的表格step-by-step讲解。该书的Essay部分总的来说还凑合的过去，范文是不错的范文，不过我感觉它没有说出所以然来，而且没有教申请者如何写Essay。另外这本书出版的年代比较早，有些东西有点脱离了时代，不过大部分的思想有很高的借鉴价值。除了以上两点，这本书真的是必看。
On Writing the College Application Essay
一本专门讲如何写ESSAY的书，比刚才那本书还薄，内容那叫一个赞。我喜欢这本书因为它非常系统的讲解了写ESSAY的过程，而且不仅仅教你怎么写，也教你怎么思考。比如它其中介绍的意识流写作，能够很好的帮你挖掘idea。然后再revise得到最终的Essay。在这本书中最后有一章详细的描述了一篇Essay的进化过程。从最初的idea，素材，到素材合并，修改，内容梳理，然后得到一篇essay。而且这篇essay本身也非常creative，难得一见的好essay。该书始终穿插作者对于申请者写ESSAY是内容需要注意的建议，比如一些常见的ESSAY中的错误思想。在书的最后有N多篇肥美的范文大餐。这些范文的好处是非常非常的有代表性。有典型的文学派，有自杀派，有生活派，理想派等等。然后对范文的评价有支持者，有反对者（都是来自AO的评价），和作者自己的分析。写ESSAY必备的书！
The Chosen: The hidden history of Admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
Berkeley的社会学教授JeromeKarabel的大作。也是市面上唯一一本讲述大学申请的发展历史的书。时间跨度从1900年到2005年，讲述了Bigthree中Admission的发展过程和制度形成。以及社会，历史，环境对申请制度的影响。比如二战时期的intellectualism，还有女权运动，黑人运动时期的diversity的发展等等。史学家的眼光看Admission,那叫一个大师～不过我想说的是这本书对你申请本身帮助不大的。唯一能教你的也许是如何思考社会和时代背景对申请制度的影响，不过MS最近几十年不会有太大的社会动荡。所以如果你没时间可以不用看。不过这本书是练CR的好材料，因为是大学教授的作品，文章本身有一定难度，但也不太难，而且CR中人文社会的文章比较难懂，读完这本书我的CR直接提高110分。 http://www.amazon.com/Chosen-His ... ceton/dp/0618574581作者: Cameron 时间: 2010-8-12 14:47
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