The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780142003084)

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.

"[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." --The New York Times

Author: Jacques Steinberg
ISBN-10: 0142003085
ISBN-13: 9780142003084
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2003
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.38w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/31/2003 pg. 16