He observed the admissions team making agonizing decisions, interviewed high school counselors, high school students, Independent Educational Consultants, and spoke to marketers as well (by marketers, I think about all those emails and shiny brochures you receive in the mail). He sat in on a high profile flagship public university, a leading private liberal arts college, and a selective private university (Davidson College, Emory University and University of Washington). Selingo gained access to three universities during the admissions ‘season’. Selingo discusses why a student with a perfect or close to perfect profile is denied admission and someone with a profile not so stellar may gain acceptance. This latest book by Selingo discusses the lucky students who are admitted to the high profile schools, talking about what makes an application standout, though, buyer beware, because Mr. Jeffrey Selingo is a prolific author, blogger and speaker who has been writing about higher education for the last two decades. While students have submitted their early applications and as students continue to submit their applications to universities in hope for their best scenario, a great book for parents and students to read before decisions come in would be: Who Gets in and Why A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo. A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo
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