The Price of Admission (Updated Edition): How America's Ruling

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition): How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERÂ â€¢Â â€œA fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of superprivilege.â€â€”Michael Wolff, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellerÂ Fire and Fury, in theÂ New York Times Book Review
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NOW WITH NEW REPORTING ON OPERATION VARSITY BLUES

In this explosive and prescient book, based on three years of investigative reportÂing, Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Golden shatters the myth of an American meriÂtocracy. Naming names, along with grades and test scores, Golden lays bare a corrupt system in which middle-class and working-class whites and Asian AmeriÂcans are routinely passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentialsâ€”children of alumni, big donors, and celebrities. He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in â€œpatrician sportsâ€ like horseback riding and crew.
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With a riveting new chapter on Operation Varsity Blues, based on original reÂporting,Â The Price of AdmissionÂ is a must-readâ€”not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.

Praise forÂ The Price of Admission
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â€œA disturbing exposÃ© of the influence that wealth and power still exert on admission to the nationâ€™s most prestigious universities.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œDeserves to become a classic.â€â€”The Economist
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Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400097975
Color White
ReleaseDate 2007-09-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400097975

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781400097975
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2007-09-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400097975

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition): How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates

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