Fiske Guide to Colleges 2025

My eleventh grader loves the Fiske Guide! She's having a blast reading the write ups and cross-referencing based on the similar schools feature. Yes, so much info is available online. However, the internet can be overwhelming. Having this resource has helped my reticent kid engage with the process. I highly recommend the Fiske Guide!

This book rates the top value colleges and supplies a ton of information that you want to know but don’t no where to find out the information. It provides the value add and a summary of positives and any constructive feedback. My son took it on school body trips and wrote notes in the book- tabbing all his favorite schools.

We love this book for out older son who is now a junior in college. We got the new edition for our high school senior. Is great as gives "overlaps" for schools that your child might have interest in and gives good overall summary of a school without being overly detailed. However, the first two schools we looked up both had errors. They were both about sports affiliations, so not a big deal, but just makes you a little leery about what else they may have gotten wrong . . .

My daughter's college counselor recommended we pick this up. She's a sophomore in high school and just starting the process of deciding where she wants to go to college. This guide is a great resource. Highly recommend.

If you are looking for average gpa, test scores, number of AP courses for accepted students etc… this is NOT the book for you. We are returning it as it’s just a lot of writing. It’s not helpful for us.

Our son’s HS counselor said to buy and leave sitting around, mainly as a spark for conversation or more research. Works well for that. Missing a few colleges we would have expected and perhaps not surprising, has a positive spin on almost everything. But useful.

This book is amazing! It gives you a 2-3 page overview of many colleges and the format makes it easy to compare schools. My daughter has found this to be the best resource for her college search so far!

This is not a comprehensive list of all colleges and universities. Specifically, it doesn’t include any of the Christian colleges we were considering- even though they are well known universities. We returned this.