I got an email recently from Jordan Goldman, founder and CEO of Unigo.com. Jordan and his website were profiled in the New York Times Magazine on September 21, 2008. The site is a free "student-generated guide to North American colleges for prospective applicants and their families," essentially a tool to help high school students figure out where they want to go to college. What makes this source different from all those 'top colleges in...' lists is that except for the brief overview provided on each college, all of the additional information is provided on a voluntary basis by current students at those schools.
As noted in the NY Times article, "Unigo’s central idea — that high-school and college students would much rather learn from one another than from a book — is so self-evident that your first reaction is surprise that no one has acted on it before."
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