Who Gets in and Why
A Year Inside College Admissions
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description: xiv, 306 pages ; 24 cm
A higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.
Contents:
Introduction: Steering the college's agenda -- Fall: Recruitment season. Selling a college: the endless pursuit of students ; Defining prestige: the buyers and sellers -- Winter: Reading season. Understanding merit: look at all the Bs ; Playing the odds: early decision ; Finding an edge: athletes and legacies ; Comparing grades: high school matters ; Finding diamonds: regular decision -- Spring: Decision season. Shaping a class: the final, close calls ; Paying for college: the best class money can buy ; Making the final decision: May 1 -- Conclusion: Charting the future -- Appendix: What matters most.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
College choice -- United States.
High school students -- United States.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
College choice -- United States.
High school students -- United States.
ISBN:
9781982116293
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
EDUCATION College Admission Sel | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/13/2024) |
EDUCATION College Admission Sel | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.