Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013 Quotes

“The Cleveland Browns always lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers and CWRU is still trying to catch up with Carnegie Mellon. Students may sing its praises, but Cleveland isn’t exactly Boston, or even Pittsburgh. On the plus side, students get an outstanding technical education at Case with solid offerings in other areas. (Top Colleges, Better Odds - Case Western Reserve University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“In the space of little more than a decade, Wash U. has gone from Midwestern back-up school to elite private university close on the heels of Northwestern. Wash U. is strong in everything from art to engineering. The halo effect of the university’s medical school attracts a slew of aspiring doctors. (Rising Stars - Wash U St. Louis)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Another middle-sized (six thousand)
Southern university on the move. Conservative by national standards, although it severed its ties to the
ultraconservative Southern Baptists in 1986. ACC athletics and Greek parties shape the social scene. The strategic central North Carolina location is accessible to mountains, beaches, and the famous research triangle. (Rising Stars - Wake Forest University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“More “southern” than Emory or Duke, Vandy has traditionally been a preferred choice in the deep South suburbs of Atlanta and Birmingham. Secluded Nashville campus is among the prettiest in the South. Becoming more national as the admissions office lures increasing numbers of non-Southerners. (Rising Stars - Vanderbilt University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Tufts will always be a second banana to Harvard in the Boston area, but given the Hub’s runaway popularity among college students, second is not so bad. Best-known for international relations, Tufts is also strong in engineering and health-related fields. In the Experimental College, students can take off-thewall courses for credit. (Rising Stars - Tufs University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“USC’s old handle: “The University of Spoiled Children.” USC’s new handle: highly selective West Coast university with preeminent programs in arts and media. The difference: a deluge in applications of historic proportions as students flock to LA and the region’s only major private university. (Rising Stars - USC)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“One of the few elite private colleges that
is also a best buy. Rice is outstanding in engineering, architecture and music. With less than three thousand undergraduates, Rice is smaller than many applicants realize. In lieu of frats, Rice has a residential college system like Yale and the University of Miami. (Rising Stars - Rice University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“The most selective university in the Midwest. The Big Ten is not the Ivy League, and NU has more school spirit than its Eastern counterparts. Much more preprofessional than its nearby rival University of Chicago and than all of the Ivies but Penn. World renowned in journalism. (Rising Stars - Northwestern U)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Don’t count on getting into NYU just because Big Sis’ did. From back-up school to the hottest place in higher education, NYU’s rise has been breath-taking. The siren song of Greenwich Village has lured applicants by the thousands. Major draws include the arts, media, and business. (Rising Stars - NYU)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“One of the small liberal arts colleges
where applications have surged significantly in the past ten years. Students are drawn to the beauty of Midd’s Green Mountain location and strong programs
in hot areas like international studies and
environmental science. Known world-wide for its summer foreign language programs. (Rising Stars - Middlebury College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Ten years ago, GW was a back-up school with an 80 percent acceptance rate maligned for its lack of unity. A few tens of
thousands of applications later, the university accepts less than half who apply and is still not much for school spirit. GW is the nation’s leader in internships per capita. (Rising Stars - GWU)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Olin is the most prestigious five-year-old institution in America. The secret? Full scholarships for all of its 200 undergrads. A campus on the outskirts of Boston adds attractive geography to the mix and a spanking new physical plant is state-of-the-art in everything. (Rising Stars - Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Often compared to Duke and Vanderbilt, Emory may be most similar to Wash U. in
St. Louis. Both have suburban locations in major cities and both tout business and premed as major draws. If the campus is uninspiring, the suburban Atlanta location is unbeatable. (Rising Stars - Emory University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Watch out Pomona—this up-and-comer is giving you a run for your money as the most popular of the five Claremont Colleges. McKenna is small (one thousand) and dedicated to business and politics. More regional than Pomona, but rapidly acquiring a national reputation. Formerly Claremont Men’s College (Rising Stars - Claremont McKenna College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Bowdoin got rid of its frats, Bates never
had them, and therein hangs a tale. With its long-held tradition of egalitarianism, Bates is a kindred spirit to Quaker institutions such as Haverford and Swarthmore. Month-long spring term helps make Bates a leader in study abroad. (Rising Stars - Bates College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“With applications running double what they were ten years ago, Barnard has eclipsed Wellesley as the nation’s most popular women’s college. Barnard women are a little more artsy and a little more City-ish than their female counterparts at Columbia College. Step outside and you’re on Broadway. (Rising Stars - Barnard College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Running neck-in-neck with Amherst on the selectivity chart, Williams occupies a campus of surpassing beauty in the foothills of the Berkshires. Has shaken the preppy image, but still attracts plenty of well-toned all-around jock-intellectuals. The splendid isolation of Williamstown is either a blessing or a curse. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Williams College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Often compared to Amherst or Williams, Wesleyan is really more like Swarthmore. The key difference: Wesleyan is twice as big. Wes students are progressive, politically-minded, and fiercely independent. Exotic specialties like ethnomusicology and East Asian Studies add spice to the scene. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Wesleyan University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“There is no better recipe for popularity than a postcard-perfect campus on the
outskirts of Boston. That formula keeps Wellesley at the top of the women’s college pecking order—along with superb programs in economics and the natural sciences. Nearly a quarter of the students are Asian American, the highest proportion in the East. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Wellesley College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“The ideal of the gentleman scholar (now gentleperson scholar) is alive and well at W&L. Went coed in the mid ‘80s, causing
selectivity to skyrocket. Noted for geographic diversity, social science programs, and conservative students. One of the South’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges since the days of Robert E. Lee.
(The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Washington and Lee University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Don’t mistake Swarthmore for a miniature version of an Ivy League school. Swat is more intellectual (and liberal) than its counterparts in Cambridge and New Haven. The college’s honors program gives hardy souls a taste of graduate school, where most Swatties invariably end up. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Swarthmore College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Long considered the premier liberal arts college in the West. Serious intellectual climate combines with close proximity to an interesting mix of outstanding colleges in the Claremont group. Location an hour east of Los Angeles would be ideal except for choking smog that hangs over the area much of the year. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Pomona College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Secluded Quaker enclave in Philadelphia’s affluent Main Line suburbs. Superb blend of traditional and progressive. Old-fashioned honor code governs all facets of life. With only eleven hundred students, the most intimate of the colleges on this list. An underrated gem. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Haverford College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Runs neck-in-neck with Washington and Lee for honors as the best liberal arts college in the South. Liberal by Southern standards, conservative by Northern ones. Small-town location near bustling Charlotte. At seventeen hundred students, it is slightly bigger than Rhodes and Sewanee and slightly smaller than W&L. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Davidson College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Less selective than Amherst and
Williams largely because of central Minnesota location. Our choice as the best liberal arts college in the Midwest. Predominantly liberal school, but not to the extremes of its more antiestablishment cousins. Tunnels between buildings help Carls beat the winter blues. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Carleton College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“The most intellectual of the women’s colleges. Politics range from liberal to radical. Do Bryn Mawrters take themselves a bit too seriously? Still benefits from proximity to Haverford, but the latter’s decision to go coed in the early eighties cooled that relationship. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Bryn Mawr College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Quietly prestigious Maine school that specializes in Yankee individualism. Rates with Amherst, Middlebury, and Williams for liberal arts excellence, and along with Middlebury, does not require the SAT. Bowdoin has strong science programs and outdoor enthusiasts benefit from proximity to the Atlantic coast. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Bowdoin College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Original home to the well-rounded,
super-achieving, gentle-person jock. Compare to Williams, Middlebury, and Colby. Not Swarthmore, not Wesleyan. Amherst has always been the king in its category—mainly because there are four other major institutions in easy reach to add diversity and depth. (The Elite Liberal Arts Colleges - Amherst College)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“Yale is the middle-sized member of the
Ivy League’s Big Three: bigger than Princeton, smaller than Harvard. Its widely imitated residential college system helps Yale strike a balance between research university and undergraduate college. Gritty New Haven pales next to Cambridge or Morningside Heights. (The Elite Private Universities - Yale University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005

“If you’re looking for an Eastern version of Stanford, try Duke (with a touch of MIT mixed in). Stanford’s big-time athletics, preprofessional aura, and laid-back atmosphere stand in marked contrast to
the Ivy League. In contrast to the hurly-burly of Bay-Area rival Berkeley, Stanford is upscale suburban. (The Elite Private Universities - Stanford University)”
― Fiske Guide To Colleges, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005