@lindagaf, (and others), My relatively recently purchased trade paperback has an Epilogue and “A New Afterword”. My summary of the latter:
- First two pages talk about Jordan Goldman's success with "You Knee Go" dot com.
- Followed by the author's reflection on how holistic admissions "continues to be the template there as well as it is at dozens of other highly selective institutions".
- Next few paragraphs reflect on the dramatic increase of available information, with a shout-out to the good folks at College Confidential, although he calls it "a hive of advice and gossip, some of it reliable, and delivered in real time". (He is speaking of present company there, of course) ;-)
- Mentions the explosion in private admissions consulting
- A whole page about the Common App and the resulting increase in apps per student
- International students
- Cost and debt
- Update on Ralph Figueroa, now a GC at a private school in ABQ. Ralphs still hates USNWR! Other issues...
- Update on some other minor characters
Here is on section relevant to the OP: (trying to avoid copyright issue)
“When I asked Nancy (Meislahn, Wes Dean of Adm.) what a reader of The Gatekeepers might find different in the office in 2012, she said 'Applicant’s expectations have changed dramatically, and we have stepped up to meet them”
- Updates on the students profiled. Most doing better than well.
- Ends with quotes from student who was rejected and attended Muhelnberg. No laments. "I got into a school that completely fulfilled my needs"
Let me know if you want any more detail. Sorry if I am typing like I am paid by the word.