From Publishers Weekly
A former admissions officer at Dartmouth, Jager-Hyman decided to select five promising high school seniors and follow their progress through the college application process. She'd been concerned with what she calls fat envelope frenzy (fat envelope refers to the fact that acceptance brings many pages of info and forms to fill out, while rejection is just a single-page letter) and an obsession with accomplishment predicated on the myth that college admission is contingent solely on merit. On the contrary, Jager-Hyman says, colleges have many conflicting admissions objectives, making their policies confusing. Jager-Hyman then introduces the five high school students she's chosen to follow. Four of the five are incredible overachievers: in addition to nearly perfect grades and test scores, one's an Olympics-bound gymnast, one's a world-class pianist, one's a talented engineering student, and another's an Ethiopian-American math whiz. The fifth, a plucky Dominican-American, has lower scores and grades; her struggle for admission to the Ivies is more complicated, but potentially more instructive. Jager-Hyman follows all five through the emotional high points of the process—deciding where to apply, writing essays, going for interviews, awaiting the fat envelopes and then deciding which to accept. There are few surprises; all these talented students end up going to great schools. In the end, Jager-Hyman's book is padded with too many asides, and she offers little insider admissions advice. (Mar.)
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五个孩子除了Hispanic的Marlene,其他全是令人望尘莫及的 overachiever... 整个申请流程就跟作者最后推荐书目时说的一样,偏重高中生而缺乏招生办的解读,跟1999年的gate keeper远不能比呀。
评分废话太多,有用的太少.
评分五个孩子除了Hispanic的Marlene,其他全是令人望尘莫及的 overachiever... 整个申请流程就跟作者最后推荐书目时说的一样,偏重高中生而缺乏招生办的解读,跟1999年的gate keeper远不能比呀。
评分废话太多,有用的太少.
评分五个孩子除了Hispanic的Marlene,其他全是令人望尘莫及的 overachiever... 整个申请流程就跟作者最后推荐书目时说的一样,偏重高中生而缺乏招生办的解读,跟1999年的gate keeper远不能比呀。
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