Where you go is not who you'll be an antidote to the college admissions mania

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 wort...

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Main Author: Bruni, Frank.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Edition: First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The unsung alma maters
  • Throwing darts
  • Obsessives at the gate
  • Rankings and wrongs
  • Beyond the comfort zone
  • From Tempe to Waterloo
  • An elite edge?
  • Strangled with ivy
  • Humbled, hungry and flourishing
  • Fire over formula
  • Epilogue.