Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices-a selective private university, a leading liberal arts college, and a flagship public campus-closely observed gatekeepers as they made their often agonizing and sometimes life-changing decisions. In Who Gets In and Why, journalist and higher education expert Jeffrey Selingo dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good college.” Hint: it’s not all about the sticker on the car window. Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office-one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search.
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