Other guidebooks
Accurate: **
Comparative: **
Comprehensive: ***
Detailed: **
Independent: *
Understanding: *
Problems: There are other books, magazines and websites out there apart from the ones produced by Push and, to be fair, some of them are good — but, quite frankly, what would be the point in producing The Push Guide if we didn’t see problems with others and didn’t think that we do it better. If you don’t agree, then feel free to ignore this whole section.
Each has its own drawbacks, but, in our opinion, they tend to miss a few critical things. Some seem to believe there’s such a thing as ‘the best’ university. Push hopes we dismissed that right from the start. Most don’t do any of their own research at the universities but instead take information provided by the universities. And some don’t involve students in the process and so don’t understand what’s actually important.
Having said that, we’re only too happy to recommend them when they’re worth it, as we have done.
What they’re good for: In particular, check out Brian Heap’s books — dry as bones, but the best of the rest.
Last updated on: 21 May 2008