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JENNIFER FINER SECTION EDITOR

College handbooks designed to
help high-school students find a
university are as plentiful as
snowflakes in January. So, pick-
ing a good guidebook is almost as
difficult as deciding on a college.
"Books in Print," a compre-
hensive database listing of publi-
cations, shows there are well over
100 books on the topic. Among the
most popular are those that rate
the top colleges and those written
from a student's perspective.
Sheryl Krasnow, who runs a
college and career counseling busi-
ness in West Bloomfield, consis-
tently uses The Right College by
Arco, andLovejoy's College Guide.
"I like to use Lovejoy because
it's one of the few books with com-
prehensive community college
listings," Ms. Krasnow said. "The
Arco book is helpful because it
shows a map of each state and
notes the school's location. Stu-
dents going out of state for school
like to see exactly where they will
be spending the next several
years."
In a few weeks, Edie Goldman,
who runs the Career Center at
West Bloomfield High School, will
be busy helping the Class of '96
make their college plans.
She consistently refers mem-
bers of each graduating class to a
few of her favorite books, includ-
ing The Gounnan Report, Prince-
ton Review Student Access Guide
to the Best Colleges, Barron's Pro-
files of American Colleges and the
Yale Daily News Insiders Guide
to Colleges.
"Students really like to know
about ratings and what schools
are considered the best," Ms.
Goldman said.
Another book she keeps on her
shelf is the B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation's Guide to Jewish Life
on Campus. She finds this book
especially helpful to students who
want to be in a Jewish environ-
ment and are considering out-of-
state schools.
School profiles, which were
available only through such guide-
books or the schools themselves,
are now going electronic.
With the Internet increasing
in popularity, college-bound teens
are going on-line to research dif-
ferent schools.
Ms. Goldman and Ms. Kras-
now have noticed more schools of-
fering on-line information and
many, they say, allow students to
fill out an admission application
right on the computer. ❑

The Jewish Community
Council is holding its second Col-
lege Fair for Jewish high-school
students,,Monclay, Nov. 20, at the
Maple-Drake Jewish Communi-
ty Center. It will feature booths
from over 20 schools. For info- i
mation, call the Jewish Commu-
nity Council at (810) 642-5393.

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