Books for College Prep

College-bound students are often looking for the best books to read in preparation. It's wise to read as many classics as possible, but few students are able to read all the recommended books. This list offers a few of the most interesting college must-reads.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

Animal Farm, George Orwell

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Figzgerald

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Lord of the Flies, William Golding

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

Moby Dick, Herman Melville

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, Frederick Douglas

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens

Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James.

The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane

The Root Cellar, Janet Lunn

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut

The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemmingway

Tender Is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tess of the D'Ubervilles, by Thomas Hardy.

A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle.

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Cheating and College

No matter what you did in high school when it comes to cheating, you should know that cheating in college is quite different. It's a really big deal.

• College administration takes cheating seriously. It's not unheard of for whole classes to be expelled for "collaborating" or outright cheating.

  This happened recently at the University of Virginia, when a large part of an economics class was caught cheating.

  As a freshman, you will be introduced to the honor code at your college. It will outline the rules for your particular institution.

• When you're caught cheating, even once, you lose all credibility with professors. This is a big loss in college. In high school we can survive if our teachers lose confidence in us, or even if they don't like us. College is a different story.

  You're going to get to know your major professors pretty well, and you're going to need them for things like recommendations for internships, scholarships, awards, jobs, and special programs. To a great extent, your success will depend on their opinion of you. Don't mess that up!

• Professors are good at catching cheaters. They have more time and more resources. They also have tenure and a little bit more flexibility than high school teachers when it comes to checking out their suspicions and following through with allegations.
• In high school there's a tendency to treat cheating less seriously, perhaps because high school students are minors. In college you're an adult. If caught cheating, you'll pay adult consequences.
• Your high school education may have been funded by taxes, but your college education is probably funded by you and your parents. Whenever you cheat, you are wasting time. If you cheat in college you are also wasting money.
• College is competitive. Fellow students will take cheating more seriously in college, because they realize what's at stake. They're more likely to turn you in.
• Cheating is for losers. How would you feel if your parent was accused of cheating on the job? What if they were fired for it? They'd feel the same way if you were caught cheating in college.

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College Major Quiz

What College Majors Will Match Your Personality?

You can do anything you want to do! This quiz is designed to help you think about the college majors that are available to you. It will also make you think about your own personality traits and how they may fit well within different areas of study.

College Majors and Your Personality

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