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Author | : Mark F. Bernstein |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2001-09-19 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780812236279 |
Mark Bernstein shows that much of the culture that surrounds American football, both good and bad, has its roots in the Ivy League. With their long winning streaks, distinctive traditions, and impressive victories, Ivy teams started a national obsession with football in the first decades of the twentieth century that remains alive today. In so doing they have helped develop our ideals about the role of athletics in college life.
Author | : Ellis Weiner |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 503 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0316465283 |
Everybody knows that the schools of the Ivy League -- universally touted as the pinnacle of American higher education -- have graduated countless political leaders, corporate titans, and global power brokers. But did you know these schools have also produced murderers, warmongers, traitors, plagiarists, slave traders, pederasts, and every other variety of moral reprobate? Whether you're a high school student grinding away in the hope of gaining admission to one of these institutions, a parent propelling a child toward Ivy glory, a current Ivy League undergraduate wondering "What the hell is this place?" -- or even an Ivy League alum, professor, administrator, or dropout -- this book was written specifically for you. As a warning. Because there are certain things -- monstrous things -- that go unmentioned in the catalog, campus tour, or employment package. And if your Ivy League application was rejected, here's compelling and consoling evidence of how lucky you are.
Author | : Loren Pope |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1101201886 |
The celebrated book that revolutionized the way Americans choose colleges-now fully revised and updated An invaluable guide with virtually no competition, this book helped to establish Loren Pope as one of the nation's most respected experts on the college application process. Now fully revised and updated, Looking Beyond the Ivy League offers a step-by-step guide to selecting the right institution, a checklist of specific questions to ask when visiting a college, the secrets to creating good applications and good applicants, and much more. With as few as one-third of college students remaining at the institution they entered as freshmen, finding the right college is harder than ever before. This book makes it easier for students and their parents.
Author | : Daniel Cappello |
Publisher | : Editions Assouline |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781614280095 |
"Exploring the character of each school and what sets it apart, from renowned graduates and dominant political stances to athletic rivalries, architectural styles, pop culture references, or even popular fashions."--P. 11.
Author | : Chris Lincoln |
Publisher | : Nomad Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2004-05-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1936313146 |
Playing The Game offers readers the first detailed, inside look at exactly how the athletic recruiting game is played by coaches, prospective students, parents, administrators, admission officers, and even college presidents in the Ivy League and its Division III counterpart, the NESCAC. Here is the inside story on why this specialized process has caused so much controversy on campus and off.
Author | : Chuck Hughes |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2003-04-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071425063 |
The ultimate insider's guide to getting into the nation's most competitive colleges Written by a former senior admissions officer at Harvard University, this book provides keen insights into what it takes to get into America's top schools. With the help of case studies of successful Harvard applicants, Charles Hughes II defines the goals and mission of highly selective schools. He explains the relative weight given to: Academics Extra-curricular activities Personal qualities Intangibles in the admission process Hughes breaks down the components of the application, explaining the significance of each and how they are evaluated. And, drawing upon his extensive experience, he clues readers in on effective ways for applicants to improve their candidacy, including: How to prepare early in high school How to write a better application How to find the school best suited to their interests, personality, and goals With this essential guide, students will be able to present their talents in the best light possible, and create a winning college application.
Author | : Marty Nemko |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
A guide to 115 public colleges judged to be the nation's best of this type.
Author | : William Deresiewicz |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-08-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 147670273X |
A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite colleges, their brainy but soulless students (those ‘sheep’), pushy parents, and admissions mayhem” (People). As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation’s brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of purpose. Now he argues that elite colleges are turning out conformists without a compass. Excellent Sheep takes a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale’s admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to “practical” subjects like economics, students are losing the ability to think independently. It is essential, says Deresiewicz, that college be a time for self-discovery when students can establish their own values and measures of success in order to forge their own paths. He features quotes from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years, candidly exposing where the system is broken and offering clear solutions on how to fix it. “Excellent Sheep is likely to make…a lasting mark….He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America….Mr. Deresiewicz’s book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness” (The New York Times).
Author | : Hazel Newlevant |
Publisher | : Oni Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-08-20 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781549303050 |
"No Ivy League gracefully delivers a messy truth behind the essential process of questioning and reckoning." — Nate Powell, artist of the March trilogy When 17-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to earn some extra cash to put toward concert tickets. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds that working side by side with at-risk teens leaves no room for comforting illusions of equality and understanding. This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a teen’s awakening to the racial insularity of the upper class, the power of white privilege, and the hidden history of segregation in Portland.
Author | : Jerome Karabel |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780618574582 |
Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.