I wouldn't be surprised if there are plenty of problems with this book, and I'm sure it's a pretty amateur move to go and read a few dozen pages from I wouldn't be surprised if there are plenty of problems with this book, and I'm sure it's a pretty amateur move to go and read a few dozen pages from a concise dictionary than to actually saddle up and hunker down with the actual texts, but I have claimed this book as my philosophical crutch, namely the text(s) I use to clarify what my friends had been saying for the past 8 hours and to get inspired while on the john....more
Has been sitting above the toilet in the "Boys" bathroom of my family's house since 2006, when a neighbor let us borrow it for my upcoming college seaHas been sitting above the toilet in the "Boys" bathroom of my family's house since 2006, when a neighbor let us borrow it for my upcoming college search. Have read every entry a handful of times, with extra-attention paid to the Midwestern LACs, WashU and Deep Springs (not because of any interest in going there, but because 'What??'). Because of this book, I am now an expert on a few students interpretations of their respective colleges. Circa 2005, at least.
These 5-stars are purely sentimental, and only reflect the readability of the text as a bathroom book....more