Dear College Student,
For more than 40 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been helping students pick the “right” school for them. It contains profiles of the “best and most interesting” colleges in the nation—based in large part on perspectives and quotes from students like you who attend them. Perhaps you used the Guide during your own college search!
We are now preparing the 2027 edition of the Fiske Guide, and we need your help. We want to find out as much as we can about your college—its academic strengths and weaknesses, what sort of students attend, the social life, extracurricular activities, and so forth. What, in short, makes your future alma mater a special place?
You have been selected by your school as one of a small number of current students to provide us with such information using an online questionnaire. The questions are open-ended—allowing you freedom to express your ideas. We’re asking what you really think about your school. And we encourage you to have fun with your answers and let your personality shine through! If you feel that you are not in a position to answer any particular question, just skip it and move on to the next one.
We would appreciate receiving your thoughts by June 27, 2025.
Thanks in advance for your help. We appreciate your assistance—and so will the tens of thousands of high school students and their families who may read your responses in the Fiske Guide.
Sincerely,
Edward B. Fiske
Editor-in-Chief
April 2025
