The Gatekeepers
作者：Jacques Steinberg
分类：文学
ISBN：9780142003084
出版时间：2002-07-29
出版社：Penguin (Non-Classics)
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内容简介
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation’s most elite colleges. The first book to reveal the college admission process in such behind-the-scenes detAIl, The Gatekeepers will be required reading for every parent of a high school-age child and for every student facing the arduous and anxious task of applying to college.
章节介绍
IntroductionONE The Tortilla TestTWO Don’t Send Me PoemsTHREE Istanbul (Not Constantinople)FOUR Considered Without PrejudiceFIVE Read Faster, Say Nosix Thundercats and X-MenSEVEN Nothing to Do with the DopeEIGHT Things Seem to Have Gone WellNINE 420-edTEN Unnamed Gorgeous Small Liberal Arts School Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography