California Colleges

by College Prowler and Christopher Mason

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596585013
• ISBN13: 9781596585010
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: College Prowler
• Length: 762 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

(not actually a kid)

I have bought a lot of different books to help me to choose the right college for me. This book is so helpful, it has one of the main things I was looking for in a college guide: the most popular majors (which can tell you if the college specializes in the field you want to go into). It's very clear and tells you about almost everything you want to know from restaurants in the area to parking to housing to drug problems.

worth the money

this book really helped me decide which school to go to, it tells you about the stuff you care about...social scene and atmosphere! definitely worth a read.

California .... No Doubt About It!

After reading this guidebook, I am definitely going to school in California. I'm from NY, and my parents want me to go to an Ivy League school ... either Cornell or Dartmouth, but I'm DYING to go to either USC, UCLA, Berkeley, or hopefully, Stanford. After reading this guidebook though, I felt like I spent 4 years on each campus ... each school is covered in dept, around 40 different schools in Cali, and it's really easy to read. I get good grades, but I'm not much of a reader ... but the way this book is laid out is so incredibly easy to read, that anyone can breeze through the book and fall in love with any college in California. Be warned though, they talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly in this guide. For example, USC is not in the safest part of town ... but if you're from NY, like me, you'll be OK. I'm more interested in what the student body is going to be like then some dumb US news ranking ... after all, I'm most likely going to meet my life long friends at college, including my wife! I don't want her to be some uptight Ivy nerd ... I want a nice cinnamoned tan californian! Thanks to College Prowler's Calfornia Colleges, I have seen the light!

Don't Trust Josh

Everyone knows that "Josh" obviously works for one of the following competitors to College Prowler: 1. Princeton Review 2. US News 3. The Fiske Guide These corporate giants can't handle students taking over the college guidebook industry.

Lifes' decisions made easy

I was thoroughly impressed with CollegeProwlers California Colleges Compilation guidebook. Three of my top four schools are in Cali, although I'm from the East Coast, so finding info on them was kinda tough ... After looking through several other sources, including school pamphlets, web sites, and the ridiculously boring and overdrawn Fisks' Guides, I stumbled upon the CollegeProwler Cali Compilation. This guide covers dozens of Cali schools including all of the UC schools, LA Universities, The Scripps Colleges, and most importantly, my three schools of interest. It was through this guide--packed with hundreds of actual student quotes from each school--that I finally found the closure needed to accurately narrow down my options and make my decision as to where I want to spend the next 4-5 years of my life. This guide goes on to discuss many delicate topics, such as Campus Food, Nightlife, Campus policies on drinking, and even the hotness levels of the guys & girls on each campus!!! I truly cannot say enough about this book.