Colleges of Distinction 2020: Checklists. Advice. and 370 Profiles to Discover the School That’s Right for You

For 20 years Colleges of Distinction has been a trusted resource for high school counselors parents and students trying to make sense of the college search and application process.What?s in a name? It?s no secret that many place a lot of judgment on where someone is going to college. Like everything else in our lives we rely on brand names to convince us of the top colleges in the country.When we hear about these ?brand-name? schools we assume their place at the top of the rankings lists means that they are invariably the best. However the way that the ?best? is calculated only tells part of the story; traditional rankings focus on things like faculty salary peer reputation selectivity size of endowment and other factors that say little about the student experience itself?the nuances and opportunities that either do or do not allow someone to make the most of their undergraduate years.And just as every student has a different major or career interest in mind so too will they have diffe