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  • ISBN:
    0674019776
  • ISBN-13:
    9780674019775
  • PUB. DATE:
    September 2005
  • PUBLISHER:
    Harvard University Press
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College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy by Lloyd Thacker (Editor)

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College Unranked

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  • Pub. Date: September 2005
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Sales Rank: 249,161

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Stressed and sleepless, today's high school students race from school to activities in their most competitive game of all: admission to a top-ranked, prestigious university. But is relying on magazine rankings and a vague sense of "prestige" really the best way to choose a college? Is hiring test prep teachers and consultants really the best way to shape your own education?

In this book, edited by a veteran admissions counselor, a passionate advocate for students, the presidents and admission deans of leading colleges and universities—like Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Harvard—remind readers that college choice and admission are a matter of fit, not of winning a prize, and that many colleges are "good" in different ways. They call for bold changes in admissions policies and application strategies, to help both colleges and applicants to rediscover what college is really for. It's not just a ticket to financial success, but a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore new worlds of knowledge.

Jay Mathews - Washington Post

[College Unranked] is a collection of essays by some of the most thoughtful people working in college admissions today...[Thacker] has an unusual perspective, an irresistible writing style and a passion to help students.

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Biography

A thirty-year veteran of the college admission and college counseling professions, Lloyd Thacker is executive director of The Education Conservancy. Thacker lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and their two sons.