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A revealing study of the college admissions process sheds light on the inside workings of America's "meritocracy," focusing on SAT scores, student essays, transcripts, and other factors vital in the process. 35,000 first printing.
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"]The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges . . . I really didn't want the book to end."
"Compelling . . . should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'."
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"Compelling . . . should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'."
"Excellent . . . thoroughly engrossing drama."
Excellent... thoroughly engrossing drama. ("BusinessWeek")
"Excellent... thoroughly engrossing drama." --BusinessWeek
"[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." --The New York Times
"Compelling...should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'." --Newsweek
"Excellent... thoroughly engrossing drama." BusinessWeek
"[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." The New York Times
"Compelling...should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'." Newsweek"
"Excellent... thoroughly engrossing drama." BusinessWeek
"[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." The New York Times
"Compelling...should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'." Newsweek
""Excellent... thoroughly engrossing drama." --BusinessWeek
"[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." --The New York Times
"Compelling...should be required reading for any student or parent who seeks insight into a process hidden 'behind a cordon of security befitting the selection of a pope'." --Newsweek
Jacques Steinberg has been a staff reporter for The New York Times for more than ten years and currently is a national education correspondent. In 1998, he was awarded the grand prize of the Education Writers Association for his nine-part series on a third-grade classroom on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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- PublisherViking Pr
- Publication date2002
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