Gatekeepers : Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College by Jacques Steinberg (2002, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670031356
ISBN-139780670031351
eBay Product ID (ePID)2296019

Product Key Features

Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGatekeepers : inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
SubjectGeneral, Higher
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation
AuthorJacques Steinberg
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-016884
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal378.1/61
SynopsisFrom the fall of 1999 to the spring of 2000, New York Timeseducation reporter Jacques Steinberg was given unparalleled access to an entire admissions season at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. In that time, he discovered just how difficult it could be to winnow down a list of nearly seven thousand applicants to seven hundred freshmen for the class of 2004. Steinberg follows an admissions officer and his eight counterparts through the daunting task of recruiting students nationwide, reading through each of their applications, and meeting behind closed doors for a week in March to finalize the incoming class. He also recounts the personal experiences of a half dozen high school seniors of various ethnic and economic backgrounds as they struggle through the often byzantine selection process. Find out why: * high SATs and many extracurricular activities are not always critical * a student's "story" can either be helpful or detrimental * one student with a 1480 SAT score and high grades can face stiff competition from another three thousand miles away whose board score is 900 and who has a handful of Ds on her report card * an officer peering into the application pool is often most excited to see a reflection of him- or herself staring back
LC Classification NumberLB2351.2.S72 2002

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