<p>Recommend this book for information: [Excuse</a> Me, Can You Repeat That?: How to Communicate in the U.S. as an International Student/Cathryn Cushner Edelstein-??-???](<a href=“http://www.amazon.cn/dp/1589852567]Excuse”>http://www.amazon.cn/dp/1589852567)</p>
<p>In addition to some of the sources mentioned as alternatives to USNWR (and
you really, truly should go beyond this measure, look at as many rankings,
write-ups, etc. as possible to put together a consistent picture of a school),
I highly recommend the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Very authoritative, helpful,
more in depth and nuanced, I think, than Princeton Review’s guide. </p>
<p>And if you’re looking at rankings, consider Forbes, Washington Monthly, Payscale,
Parchment, etc. Folks like to poo-poo on CC any ranking that isn’t USNWR
without detailing how it is any more sound in its methodology than the ones
I’ve listed. Such blind adherence to one “biblical” source is really just another
form of religious literalism. Be a fully informed consumer. My daughter
reviewed multiple sources and weighed them generally equally. She’s off
to Tufts–a school rated very highly by Fiske and others.</p>
<p>This is an interesting thread. I’m curious why more Chinese students do not contact universities directly, in particular given that US universities are starting to recruit heavily in China. Don’t know who to contact? Language or communication problems? Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p>