Tag Archives: college
*** Crazy U by Andrew Ferguson
Not another book about getting into college! Do try Crazy U. It’s the lighthearted true story of a dad and his reluctant son moving through the crazed world of college applications, including colleges who actively manipulate their rankings (all of … Continue reading
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Beet by Roger Rosenblatt
Note to self: borrow only one book at a time from a given author and return for more only if satisfied. Actually. I enjoyed Beet much more than Lapham Rising.It, too, is a madcap story but I thought it worked … Continue reading
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Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Admission tells the story of the failing marriage of an admission officer at Princeton set against a season of admission work, sifting through applications to find the lucky special high school seniors that will be deemed worthy to attend the … Continue reading
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Racing Odysseus by Roger Martin
Racing Odysseus is the story of a college president on sabbatical who, having narrowly escaped death by cancer, decides to enroll at a small liberal arts college and be a freshman for a quarter. He brings with him his obvious age, … Continue reading
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Indignation by Philip Roth
Indignation starts well: the son of a kosher butcher concludes a successful high school career by entering college, the first in his family. There he studies endlessly to achieve a perfect record while working on weekends so he can afford the … Continue reading
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Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
Research is a good thing. It tells you to write Mountain View, not Mountainview. It shows you that, walking on College Avenue from the Berkeley campus, your hero cannot buy and eat an ice cream cone — there are no … Continue reading
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