Along with the Web sites and books cited in this handbook, these books come highly recommended.

Acing The College Application: How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice
By Michele Hernandez
Ballantine Books, 2007

Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting Into College
By Sally P. Springer, Jon Reider and Marion R. Franck
Jossey-Bass, 2nd edition, 2009

The College Application Essay, Revised Edition
By Sarah Myers McGinty
Henry Holt & Company, 2004

Getting Financial Aid 2010 (College Board Guide to Getting Financial Aid)
By The College Board
The College Board, 2009
(Also see the College Board Guide to Getting Financial Aid, 2011; available in
July 2010)

Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges, 25th Edition
By Frederick E. Rugg
Rugg’s Recommendation, 2007

Two-Year Colleges 2010
Peterson’s; 40th Edition, 2009

Vocational and Technical Schools East 2010-2011
By Peterson’s and Laura J. Paul
Peterson’s, 2010

Vocational and Technical Schools West 2010-2011
By Peterson’s and Therese DeAngelis