<p>Which site is better for researching college admissions?</p>
<p>I look at both sites for some schools and they show different statistics for each school. Which site do you guys prefer?</p>
<p>i use collegeboard.com for everything</p>
<p>BUT
princetonreview.com was the DECIDING factor when i was trying to decide where i wanted to apply because they have that 'students say' section, which is priceless - next to the next to the next best thing to actually asking someone who goes there</p>
<p>Collegeboard is dry as a bone, at least PR has some life to it.</p>
<p>PR's Counselor-O-Matic is more helpful than anything on CB, but CB overall seems more comprehensive.</p>
<p>Once you get into the upper echelons of schools, though, you have PR listing Harvard and MIT as "matches" and slightly lower schools as "safeties." I mean, hell, that'd be great, but Counselor-O-Matic does tend to be a little overly optimistic.</p>
<p>I used CB for basic stuff like the admissions rate %. I used PR and SR for getting an idea of what life was like there.</p>
<p>PR, definitely. Especially the "students say" section, as someone has mentioned. Though it's not as good for determining what a school is for you (reach, match, etc), it's definitely better than CB for giving you a feel for the school.</p>
<p>I never used PR until I saw this thread. It said I would be a good match at schools I have no way of getting into. It is definitely too optimistic. It also listed some schools as having sports, that the schools website did not have listed.</p>
<p>Collegeboard for statistics and whether it would be match/reach/etc.
but PR for the "students say"---it's very helpful</p>