A guidebook by College Prowler

College Prowler is an American publishing company for guidebooks on top colleges and universities in the United States. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Pittsburgh redirects here. ... This article is about work. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... A guide book is a book for tourists or travelers that provides details about a geographic location, tourist destination, or itinerary. ...

The company's signature business strategy is to create guidebooks written by current college students, for prospective college students, giving an insider's view. Student writers use surveys to gather hundreds of student opinions and reviews, then offer "grades" on all aspects of campus life at each school. College Prowler publishes these "reality guides" on over 260 different colleges.^[1]

In addition to its school-specific books, the company also publishes three regional compendiums (California, New England, and the South) that combine multiple schools in one guide. College Prowler’s other title, Untangling the Ivy League, offers the industry's first comprehensive look at differentiating the Ivies from a consumer point-of-view.

The company was established in 2002 by Carnegie Mellon University graduates. It began as a project by Luke Skurman and Joey Rahimi in an entrepreneurship class at CMU's Tepper School of Business.^[2] Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Luke Skurman (born 1980) is the American Chief Executive Officer and founder of College Prowler, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based publishing company of college guidebooks and collegeprowler. ... Joey Rahimi (born April 20, 1979) is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of College Prowler, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based publishing company of college guidebooks [1] and collegeprowler. ... Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. ... The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consistently ranks among the top business schools in the world[4][5]. It is also consistently among the leaders in a wide range of specializations, such as Finance, Entrepreneurship, Operations Management and Information Technology. ...

Notes

1. ^ Powell's Books - College Prowler
2. ^ The Electronic Lowdown on Colleges - The New York Times

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

External links

• College Prowler website
• College Prowler Blog