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07-21-2009, 02:10 PM
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#1 | | CC Senior Advisor
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| ACCEPTANCE is the Perfect Summer Book for Admissions Addicts
Question: Can you please recommend an admissions book for my family (wife, me, possibly our 11th grade son) to read on vacation?
Answer: ACCEPTANCE by David L. Marcus it the perfect choice. I promise it won't feel like homework. Read my new review in CC's "Ask the Dean" http://www.collegeconfidential.com/d...ns-addicts.htm
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07-21-2009, 05:23 PM
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I recommend Admission Jean Hanff Korelitz, but with some reservations. It was a fun read (a bit of a page turner), BUT it is a bit of a chick lit, and it has two parts that are suggestive but by no means raunchy. It's a flawed book, but I really enjoyed reading it. Here's a link to the author reading the first several pages. Jean Hanff Korelitz | KQED Public Media for Northern CA | |
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07-21-2009, 06:54 PM
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hmm...it seems like the main site is down
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07-21-2009, 07:33 PM
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#4 | | Member
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Yeah, the main site isn't coming up on my computer either.
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07-21-2009, 10:02 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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So this book is just recent?
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07-21-2009, 10:35 PM
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#6 | | CC Senior Advisor
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Yes, ACCEPTANCE is brand new ... the official release date is this Thursday (July 23rd), I believe.
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07-21-2009, 11:45 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
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Another book to possibly check out is Acceptance by Susan Coll, also a novel about college admissions. I actually thought this topic was about it, haha.
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07-22-2009, 02:59 AM
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#8 | | Junior Member
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I remember reading Hacking Harvard by Robin Wasserman during the admissions cycle. I thought it was cute.
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07-22-2009, 08:32 AM
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"The Price of Admission" by Daniel Golden.
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07-22-2009, 08:42 PM
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#10 | | New Member
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Privilege by Douthat, The Gatekeepers by Steinberg, 75 Biggest Myths about College Admissions by Israel. A book question finally brought me out of lurkdom!
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07-22-2009, 08:49 PM
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Ditto, The Gatekeepers. An absolutely enlightening book.
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07-22-2009, 11:35 PM
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A fun read: Accept My Kid, Please! by Hank Herman
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07-23-2009, 10:29 AM
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#14 | | Senior Member
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I read an excellent admissions book, that I can't remember the name of, following several students from the Harvard-Westlake school in California. Ring a bell for anyone?
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07-23-2009, 04:11 PM
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#15 | | CC Senior Advisor
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Keilexandra-You may be thinking of The Gatekeepers, which I mentioned in my review. One of the key players in that book is from Harvard-Westlake. If you liked that book, you will surely enjoy this one, too.
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