colleges and universities

A comprehensive study guide to help students prepare for the SAT exams, with full-length practice test and explanations as well as reviews for reading, writing, and math.

Elisa, a young physics professor, races against time to solve the mysterious deaths of a number of elite scientists with whom she was sequestered while the group experimented on the "String Theory, " making it possible to witness past events.

Offers advice to students on how to choose a college that meets their academic and social needs, discussing SAT scores, finances, the role of the high school counselor, the application process and entrance essay, campus visits, wait lists, and other topics.

Contains thirty one-a-day lessons designed to help students prepare for the ACT, providing hundreds of practice questions, tips and strategies for answering every question type, and detailed explanations for all answer choices.

Provides comparative data on over 2,100 accredited U.S. and Canadian colleges, listing majors and degrees, costs, financial aid, admission requirements and procedures, and campus life. Includes a CD-ROM for doing a computer search of college listings in Windows or Macintosh.

A step-by-step guide through the college admissions process, offering advice on how to choose a school, write a successful application, prepare for and take standardized tests, ace the essay, score financial aid, and other topics.

The author provides an account of his experiences, beginning in the fall of 1999, observing the process by which applicants are selected to attend Wesleyan University, one of America's top schools.

A comprehensive guide to 118 historically or predominantly African-American colleges and universities.

Provides instructions on writing a winning essay from selecting a topic to proofreading the final draft.

Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer's, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.