Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves / David L. Marcus.
Marcus, Dave (David L.)
2010
LB2350.5 .M34 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Acceptance : a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves / David L. Marcus.
Author Marcus, Dave (David L.)
ISBN 9780143117643 (paperback)
0143117645 (paperback)
Imprint New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Language English
Description xx, 251 p. ; 22 cm
Call Number LB2350.5 .M34 2010
Summary A journalist documents his year with an unconventional high school guidance counselor, describing the latter's methods for reshaping attitudes about standardized tests, pairing students with the right colleges, and making the most of financial aid systems.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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One more year
Yale loves me, Yale loves me not
The first day of the rest of your life
Who am I?
BWRK
"When everybody is special, nobody is special"
"You're lost before you've started"
Playing school
The admissions industrial complex
"Is donating blood an extracurricular?"
Regular kids from the suburbs
Parenting the parents
Strategizing
The GPA game
"We're looking for the X Factor"
Essay therapy
"My whole life is in that folder"
Accepted
Shopping for Riana
"I'm kicking it up"
"Columbia didn't reject me, I rejected Columbia"
Kerplunking
"She would have been a slam dunk"
Apped-out
It takes a village to write an essay
The $$250,000 question
"It's all about growing up"
The month of indecision
"It's about the kids"
College student. -

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