Who gets in and why : a year inside college admissions / Jeffrey Selingo.
Who gets in and why : a year inside college admissions / Jeffrey Selingo.
Who gets in and why : a year inside college admissions / Jeffrey Selingo.
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New York : Scribner, 2020.
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G 2021/0130
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English
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xiv, 306 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Introduction: Steering the college's agenda -- Fall: Recruitment season. Selling a college: the endless pursuit of students ; Defining prestige: the buyers and sellers -- Winter: Reading season. Understanding merit: look at all the Bs ; Playing the odds: early decision ; Finding an edge: athletes an...
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New York : Scribner, 2020.
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First Scribner hardcover edition.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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A higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.
Many believe that college admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students. Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices, dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a "good college." Hin...
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Who gets in and why : a year inside college admissions / Jeffrey Selingo.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.
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G 2021/0130
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74VKa7opbZXg
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1982116293
9781982116293
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378.1610973
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991024386618602626
