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Following five Princeton hopefuls through the admissions process and consulting with the Princeton dean of admissions and deans at other selective schools, a Princeton alumnae committee member who assists in student selection provides insights and tips for applicants.
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About the Author
Bill Paul was for many years a reporter with The Wall Street Journal. A graduate of Princeton, he is a member of the Alumni Schools Committee there that interviews prospective students.
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That many believe elite academia's annual admissions sweepstakes separates the redeemed from the damned, at least economically, creates the expanding supply of test preparation publications, tutors, and inside-dopers. Paul's is one account that should give applicants a dash of realism about their chances. A journalist by trade and a Princeton interviewer through volunteerism, he reveals his alma mater's process by tracking five typical applicants (with names changed) and writes with practiced texture and detail that teases out their characteristics (their stellar grades are merely a nondisqualifier) that appeal to deans of admissions. Princeton's chief gatekeeper allowed Paul to sit in on deliberations over the five and dozens of other applicants' fates, conversationally expostulating about what impresses him. Good impressions funneled through institutional policies such as affirmative action and preferences for athletes or alumni progeny will result in that anxiously awaited accept/reject letter. Paul perceptively reveals the process. His well-crafted story humanizes the bare facts parents get from guidebooks and will see action in that high-demand section of the library Gilbert Taylor
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- PublisherDa Capo Lifelong Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0201622564
- ISBN 13 9780201622560
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages260
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