Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 (Fiske Guide to Colleges)

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 (Fiske Guide to Colleges)
By Edward B Fiske

Customer Reviews

good book.. but old school
this is a good book, but i can't help but to think that the old school college guidebook is a little outdated in today's tech-savvy world. i'm looking for a searchable tool, somewhere where i can enter in specific criteria that i'm looking for in a college and subsequently find the perfect college for me. i'd realy suggest using a website such as www.campuscompare.com that incorporates the quantitative information available in such a guidebook with the student-reviews and digital media that reveals the personality of the school, all in a searchable database, online format that i am familiar with.

A useful guide!
The Fiske Guide presents thorough information on a remarkable number of schools. In addition to basic enrollment statistics, this book provides up-to-date contact information for admissions departments, enrollment deadlines, a list of the school's strongest programs/departments, a list of similar ("overlap") schools for each college or university, and an in-depth discussion of academic and social life at each school. Well-researched and accurate. I am an academic counselor, and I refer to this book *constantly*. It is far superior to other college guides I have read. A must-have for anyone embarking on the college search process.

Detailed information with useful student feedback
This is one of the best college guides out there. It has a lot of great detailed information on the colleges including quotes from students. The number of colleges profiled is just right--enough to provide some options but not so many that it's overwhelming. I really like how Fiske shares which colleges are similar to the one you're interested in. That makes the college search a little easier.

Product Description

For more than 20 years, this leading guide to more than 300 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip, honest and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges delivers an insider's look at the academic climates and the social and extracurricular scenes at the "best and most interesting" schools in the U.S., plus Canada and Great Britain.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 is a tool to help you make the most intelligent educational investment you can. With The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009, you'll get:

• The #1 Bestselling College Guide
• The guide that is most trusted by guidance counselors, students, and parents
• A book packed with tips from current students about the ins and outs of their schools Fiske's exclusive academic, social, and quality-of-life ratings for each school

"I happen to prefer the Fiske Guide for its combination of compressive facts and figures and personal anecdotes and descriptions of each campus. They may take a bit longer to read than a quick reference guide, but each entry leaves you with an indelible impression of the academic and social life at the college in question."

- Excerpt from The Truth About Getting In, by Katherine Cohen, founder of IvyWise

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2009 also includes:

• Fiske's exclusive academic, social and quality-of-life ratings
• The 40+ schools that deliver the best education at the most reasonable costs
• Lists of each school's strongest majors and programs
• Candid tips from each school's current students
• A self-quiz to help understand which college is right for a student
• Vital information on how to apply
• "Overlap" listings to help students expand their options
• Selectivity statistics and SAT and ACT ranges

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #993 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 848 pages

Useful Programs for the Ti-89 Reviews

Useful Programs for the Ti-89
By Jimmy Allen Davis

Customer Reviews

Useful book of programs
I think this book is valuable to the aspiring computer programmer and seasoned pro alike. The book gives you a chance to use the powerful programming capabilities of the TI-89 and Voyage 200 from Texas Instruments. Each program and its description fit on one or two pages so it is just as easy to go from start to finish as it is to radomly open the book and find a new program to input and learn from. The book also excels in that it offers programs from many disciplines like physics, astronomy, basic algebra, and calculus. So if you are looking to get the most out of your wonderful TI calculator and at the same time brush up on your programming skills, this book is a helpful and insightful start.

No Page Numbering - What a Major Waste of Time!!!
I received this book about a week ago. Since there is no page numbering in the book, nothing can be found without paging through the entire book!! Since I got the book, I have been doing nothing but numbering the pages with my own system!! Lacking pages is the fault of the publisher (Trafford of Victoria, Canada), not the author. Many of the programs look very helpful, but I have not been able to try them yet due to the numbering problem!! I have never had to number another book's pages in my entire life and I am 60 years old!!

Product Description

Here an award winning developer who has worked for such esteemed organizations as NASA and Gateway Computers shares his developed code for one of the most successful and powerful calculators available on the market. These programs are perfect for the academic in high tech degree programs such as engineering or math. They save time and effort attempting to calculate information and data in such varied topics as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus, vector calculus, differential equations, classical physics, modern physics, statics, space mechanics and more.

Blast your efficiency level to the stars with these proven programs and functions designed to help students fly by mediocre calculations and get to the mechanics of the problem, which is the most important part of learning. Students can concentrate on the guts of more difficult problems presented to them, placing them a step above the rest upon graduation and beyond.

Suitable for all levels of education from middle school and beyond.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #374301 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Calculus with the TI-89 Book Reviews

Calculus with the TI-89
By Brendan Kelly

Customer Reviews

Absolute GEM!!!!
This book, like others I have by Brendan Kelly, is clearly written, easy
to read, and he writes for his target audience. This book not only shows
the reader which buttons to push but also includes theory and asks really
good questions to ponder as you go. Do not be misled by the fact that it
is only 95 pages long. Those pages are jam packed with all the RIGHT in-
formation and calculus theory with illustrative solved problems and then
problems with detailed solutions in the back of the book. Each chapter of
this book should printed into every full blown calculus text at the back
of each chapter of the same material. In this way a student learns how to
use the TI-89 for the material he is studying at the same time. Doing
both simultaneously is enormously helpful to the learning process. The
calculator is not a substitute for doing the calculations manually - I
am a purist - but it is a great tool for checking those calculations that
you can do manually because you have done practice problems until your
eyes are falling out. Let me repeat myself: There is not a better, more
well written, more enjoyable book on this subject to be found anywhere.
Mr. Kelly, when are you going to treat us to a full blown 1,200 page tome
on introductory calculus written by you?

Calculus TI-89 with Application.
Great for learning Calculus, the applications of Calculus and the use of the TI-89 to solve Calculus problems.

Great intro to TI-89 and Calculus
This book provides a broad and useful introduction to Calculus and to the TI-89. It's especially useful for beginners in Calculus, who want to learn a bit about concepts along with learning how to use a graphing calculator. It moves at a brisk pace, but still explains concepts surprisingly well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56742 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-31
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages