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Wstrdg
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Posted: Tue Jun 12th, 2007 06:48 pm |
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An unusual but indispensable tool. Your school's GC office probably has one, but do they tell your kids to use it?
Rugg attempts to list universities by undergraduate program or "major." Here's his explanation: "there's just so much pressure on young people to line uptheir careers and pick their occupations in life early. Career education seems to start in kindergarten these days. . . . (P)arents . . . wanted a list of 'the quality colleges with a good . . . (whatever) department.'"
Within each program, schools are ranked by I, II, III on the basis of selectivity of admissions.
When I bought my copy, it was available only from the author's website. The book is updated annually. http://www.ruggsrecommendations.com/index.html
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PrimetimeMom
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Posted: Wed Jun 13th, 2007 12:42 am |
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Thanks for posting these great book links. I'm loving this new section
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Posted: Wed Jun 13th, 2007 12:17 pm |
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| Looks like a great book, thanks for mentioning it. I am going to check at our HS career center.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16th, 2007 07:07 am |
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I was underwhelmed.
I your kid is looking at a more obscure major, I can see that it is a big help.
But for more standard ones, not so much. The schools that have a particular major are ranked by selectivity, but there is no ranking of the quality of that particular department at any school.
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