Colleges That Change Lives - Researching Colleges

Using Colleges That Change Lives To Choose A College

Many people tend to focus on things like a college's rank when they are looking at schools. They figure that the highest rank college or university must be the best. However, Colleges That Change Lives says that this is not necessarily the case. This book and the non-profit organization of the same name that was started after the book came out, say that the most important thing to consider is how well the college fits you and how well it will prepare you for the future.

Colleges That Change Lives has narrowed the options for schools down to the forty schools that they think will do the best job of this. This list includes nine schools in the northeast (Allegheny College, Clark University, Goucher College, Hampshire College, Juniata College, Marlboro College, McDaniel College, St. John's College, and Ursinus College), eleven schools in the south (Agnes Scott College, Birmingham-Southern College, Centre College, Eckerd College, Emory and Henry College, Guilford College, Hendrix College, Lynchburg College, Millsaps College, New College of Florida, and Rhodes College), fifteen colleges in the midwest (Antioch College, Beloit College, Cornell College, Dennison University, Earlham College, Hiram College, Hope College, Kalamazoo College, Knox College, Lawrence University, Ohio Wesleyan University, St. Olaf College, Wabash College, Wheaton College, and the College of Wooster), three in the southwest (Austin College, St. John's College, and Southwestern University), and three in the northwest (the Evergreen State College, Reed College, and Whitman College). If you agree with the premises of the book, then you will choose from among these schools. Both the book and the website for the nonprofit provide profiles of these schools to help you determine which would best suit you.

The colleges and universities that are listed provide an education that is likely to lead to a love of lifelong learning. Although they might be less well known than some of the highest ranking schools in the country, they have been very successful in turning out well rounded and well prepared students who are happy with the choice they have made regarding which school to attend.

The students have a lot of opportunities at these schools that they might not have at larger universities, including undergraduate research opportunities and internship opportunities in the community.