Gatekeepers Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College

Name: Gatekeepers Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
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ISBN: 9780142003084

ISBN-10: 0142003085

ISBN-13: 9780142003084

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jacques Steinberg

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In the fall of 1999, New York Timeseducation reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepersfollows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. The first book to reveal the college admission process in such behind-the-scenes detail, The Gatekeeperswill be required reading for every parent of a high school-age child and for every student facing the arduous and anxious…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.36" wide x 8.03" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Jacques Steinberg has been a staff reporter for The New York Times for more than ten years and currently is a national education correspondent. He lives in New York.