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1) Admissions
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Chloe Smolarski
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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This film delves into the inherent contradictions and psychological implications of undocumented students trapped at the intersection of education policy and broken immigration system. The stories of four students demonstrate both the dehumanizing effects of marginalization and their determination to receive a higher education. Experimental sound design, unsynchronized imagery, and a sophisticated metaphorical language are used to tell their poignant...
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The Hawthornes have it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in northern California, and three charming daughters with perfect teeth. And then comes the eldest's senior year of high school. Angela is a straight A student and star athlete with her sights set on Harvard. Except she's suddenly losing her edge. Mother Nora is stretched to the limit between her family and her real-estate career. Then a few ill-advised moves put the Hawthorne family on a heedless...
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Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in this book, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students...
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2022.
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English
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"Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey, attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Forced to reflect on her...
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An S&M party gone horribly wrong. A dead man locked in a car with a hungry bull terrier. A teenage girl with suspicious abdominal pains. And a man who's fainted, frightened he was allergic to his cheese and onion sandwich ... It's just another day at work for Kit Wharton. After a childhood picked in alcohol and punctuated by parental fighting, stints in journalism and house removals, Kit Wharton joined the NHS ambulance service. He hasn't looked back....
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husband's not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune in the domestic arts, including cooking, cleaning, and putting on Spanx while sweaty (which should technically...
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What does the admissions office at the most selective university in the world REALLY look for in an applicant?
That's the question all our contributors answered. Each of our contributors filed FERPA requests, and copied down the numerical scores and comments Stanford wrote on their applications. For the first time ever, Stanford undergrads bring their essays, and those comments, out for future applicants to see. We've compiled together a vast array...
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Need help with your Military Service Academy Application?
Everything you need to fill out that overwhelmingly complicated Service Academy Application has been simplified and explained within this book.
Service Academy Admissions: An Insider's Guide to Getting Accepted is a comprehensive manual explaining everything you need to complete your application for the Naval Academy, the Military Academy, or the Air Force Academy as well as your applications...
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A semester-by-semester college admissions guide for parents of high school children written by admissions expert Danielle Bianchi Golod. Admissions expert Danielle Bianchi Golod builds on this with a complete step-by-step system to college admission in College Admissions Step-by-Step. This book is, intended to be a quick reference parents can use to keep themselves and their children on track.
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Applications, personal essays, campus visits, and those dreaded SATs and ACTs, the process of applying to, and getting into, college is almost as complicated as higher education itself. In this anthology, readers will get an in-depth look at the admission process, including viewpoints about the fairness and relevance of standardized test scores, the importance of volunteer and extracurricular activities, and how to market oneself as an ideal candidate...
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"A guide that helps college-bound students and their parents navigate the college application process while maintaining their sanity and sense of humor. Includes advice about choosing a school, writing a strong essay, dealing with overly involved parents, preparing for standardized tests, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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The story of 2 wealthy mothers who share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college. When charismatic college admissions consultant Rick Singer offers a foolproof way into these institutions, they're unable to resist. But when Singer's scheme is exposed, the mothers must face the consequences of the crimes: anger of their children & fracturing of their families.
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Applying to college can make you crazy. Don't let it!
Read this book instead.
College Admissions Without the Crazy helps students understand why they get stuck as they search for, apply to, and decide which college to attend, then provides the tools and detailed practical advice students need to get unstuck.
The author, a former dean of admissions and director of college counseling, has over thirty years experience helping students and families...
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A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
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College gets more expensive and more competitive every year, adding background stress for every forward-thinking parent. Will our child get into the school that's right for them? Will they be happy there? And how on EARTH are we going to pay for all this? Now, this comprehensive practical guide gives parents the know-how they need to navigate the complicated, frustrating, and expensive process of college admissions. How to understand the common
...18) The Best Law Schools' Admissions Secrets: The Essential Guide from Harvard's Former Admissions Dean
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The ULTIMATE Insider Information on How to STAND OUT and GET ADMITTED! When trying to beat the tough law school competition, how do you know what will get you fast-tracked to the 'yes' pile (or the dreaded 'no' pile)? No insider is better suited to set you on the right track than Joyce Putnam Curll, former Dean of Admissions for Harvard Law School. The Best Law Schools' Admissions Secrets is the ultimate collection of insider advice, direct from one...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
#1 I was in the eighth grade when I got into boarding school. My parents had gently laid the groundwork throughout middle school, asking if my local public high school, Columbia, was the school I wanted to commit this crucial four years of my life to, given that I did have other options.
#2 I was excited to start my second year at Taft in late August. The school had only ever had...
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Palo Alto, California, is home to stratospheric real estate prices and equally high expectations, a place where everyone has to be good at something and where success is often defined by the name of a prestigious college on the back of a late-model luxury car. It's also the place where Irena Smith-Soviet émigré, PhD in comparative literature, former Stanford admission reader-works as a private college counselor to some of the country's most ambitious...
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