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| |  | 2010s | Home » » » The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College | | | | | | | Description: | | 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. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780142003084
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Jacques Steinberg | | Paperback:
| 320 pages | | Publisher:
| Penguin (Non-Classics) | | Publication Date:
| July 29, 2002 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0142003085 | | Package Length:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 63 reviews |
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 The Gatekeepers Paperback BookJul 30, 2010
My daughter needs to read this book for her summer reading program. The book was exactly as advertized. Thank You.
A Can't Miss for Understanding the Admissions ProcessJun 02, 2010
This was one of the best books on understanding the admissions process out there. Very effective in weaving an exciting story with sound principles. Very well written.
Very interesting. A bit dated...May 01, 2010
Hello,
Now that this book is about 10 years old I am not sure how amazingly relevant it is but I would still say it's an accurate depiction of the college admissions process at elite private liberal arts schools. It's also very compelling and you want to know what happened to these people. However, I would say that it's not to relevant to anyone who's not apply to a top liberal arts school with a low admissions rate. The process is very different at state schools and less intense at top liberal arts schools with a greater admissions rate.
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 The GatekeepersFeb 27, 2010
Being a retired director of admissions having worked at three independent colleges and a public university, I am interested in reading books dealing with admissions offices. "The Gatekeepers" is well written, an interesting read, and appears to be carefully researched and a fairly accurate depiction of the operation of a rather selective admissions office.
Put Yourself in the Admissions Guy's ShoesNov 04, 2009
I gave this book a 4 vs. a 5 because it is now dated. It is not a "how-to" book, and its insights only apply to small liberal arts colleges who have the staff-to-applicant ratio to agonize about each applicant's holistic portrait. Large universities, particularly public institutions, do not have the staff to go much beyond the basic stats for each applicant (although some are now trying to go in a more holistic direction).
That said, it does help the reader (student or parent) to step into the shoes of an admissions officer and understand what the college admissions process looks like from the other side of the desk. Understanding and empathizing with your ultimate reader helps you suitably prepare your communication for that audience.
Admissions people seem to be young, idealistic, humanistic, savvy, committed, and at certain times of the year, overwhelmed and exhausted!
That tells me: Be genuine, cut through the boredom but still be authentic, be original but not gimicky, be your "best" self but be yourself. And don't be longwinded.
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