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Ending the College Admissions Frenzy
Harvard University Press
October 2005
On Sale: September 30, 2005
224 pages
ISBN: 0674019776
EAN: 9780674019775
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Non-Fiction
Stressed and sleepless, today's high school students race
from school to activities in their most competitive game of
all: admission to a top-ranked, prestigious university. But
is relying on magazine rankings and a vague sense of
"prestige" really the best way to choose a college? Is
hiring test prep teachers and consultants really the best
way to shape your own education? In this book, edited by a veteran admissions counselor, a
passionate advocate for students, the presidents and
admission deans of leading colleges and universities--like
Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Harvard--remind readers that college
choice and admission are a matter of fit, not of winning a
prize, and that many colleges are "good" in different ways.
They call for bold changes in admissions policies and
application strategies, to help both colleges and applicants
to rediscover what college is really for. It's not just a
ticket to financial success, but a once-in-a-lifetime chance
to explore new worlds of knowledge.
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