Acceptance, a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves, David L. Marcus
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Acceptance, a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves, David L. Marcus
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Includes bibliographical references
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contains biographical information
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non fiction
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Acceptance
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314378167
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David L. Marcus
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a legendary guidance counselor helps seven kids find the right colleges--and find themselves
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
Table Of Contents
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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