New book: "Excellent Sheep"--The Lower Ambitions of Higher Education

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<p>Also, I think that some CCers will devour the guy’s take on the Yale admissions process. From the review:

When I say that Mr. Deresiewicz brings the gory details, I mean that he delivers tidy scenes like an account of sitting on Yale’s admissions committee in 2008. The particulars of this experience will make parents break out in a prickly rash. I am still recovering.</p>

<p>Only five or six extracurricular activities? Those are slacker numbers. Does the applicant have “good rig” (academic rigor)? What about “top checks” (highest check marks in every conceivable category)? Is he or she “pointy” (insanely great at one thing)? How are his or her “PQs” (personal qualities)? Or is your child, as one committee member said of an applicant, “pretty much in the middle of the fairway”?

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