Winners Announced for the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards!

With much gratitude to everyone who voted, I'm so excited to finally be able to announce this year's winners for the 2012 About.com College Life Readers' Choice Awards!

• "Best Website for College Students, by College Students" Winner: On Campus Sports
• "Best Website for Renting College Textbooks" Winner: BookRenter
• "Best Website for Buying College Textbooks" Winner: eCampus
• "Best Book on Adjusting to College Life" Winner: How to Survive Your Freshman Year

Congratulations to this year's winners!

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Readers' Choice Finalists Announced; Voting Now Open!

Woohoo! It is with much excitement that I announce that the 2012 About.com College Life Readers' Choice Awards finalists have been announced. The nomination phase closed last week and the votes have been tabulated. Drum roll, please ...

Best Website for College Students, by College Students finalists:

• Her Campus
• On Campus Sports
• UVM Bored

Best Site for Renting College Textbooks finalists:

• BookRenter
• Chegg
• College Book Renter
• Neebo

Best Site for Buying College Textbooks finalists:

• AbeBooks
• Amazon
• eCampus
• Neebo
• Textbooks.com

Best Book on Adjusting to College Life finalists:

• 1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know by Harry H. Harrison and Harry H. Harrison Jr.
• Everything You Need to Know Before College by Matthew Paul Turner
• How to Survive Your Freshman Year by Mark W. Bernstein, Yadin Kaufmann, Frances Northcutt, and Scott Silverman
• The Naked Roommate by Harlan Cohen
• Navigating Your Freshman Year by Students Helping Students

Voting will remain open until March 21. To vote for your favorites, simply click on the category links above. Happy voting!

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NEW! Readers' Choice Categories Announced!

The 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards are annual awards, chosen by readers, that recognize the best of the best. Here on the College Life site, the awards are meant to recognize those services and resources that make college students' lives better -- or at least a little easier.

The categories for the 2012 awards have been announced and are (drum roll please!):

• Favorite Website by College Students, for College Students
• Best Site for Renting College Textbooks
• Best Site for Buying College Textbooks
• Best Book on Adjusting to College Life

You can read more about each category or learn about the awards if you'd like more information. The nomination process begins on January 18 and I'm already looking forward to see what comes in!

Good luck!

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