Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor
Nothing makes today’s Ivy League admissions officer sit up and take notice more than a flak jacket and flying shrapnel—that is, as long as it’s accompanied by a 5 on the AP physics exam and a combined SAT score of 1420 or better. For the most part, the current books on the subject of elite-college admissions share a numbing sameness, although I did find The Princeton Review’s College Admissions remarkable for its rather caustic counsel: “Misspellings in your application can make you look like a moron,” it advises, and “You probably should not attach a photograph to your application if you are very overweight.” I’d like to have most of these books burned.
Basically MY ENTIRE EXISTENCE
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