{"product_id":"accepted-secrets-to-gaining-admission-to-the-wor-lds-top-universities-9781119833512","title":"Accepted Secrets to Gaining Admission to the Wor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller! How do you REALLY get accepted to Harvard, Yale, and the Ivy League?  Told from the fresh and personal perspective of 26-year-old Crimson Education CEO and Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford graduate Jamie Beaton, Accepted! is an honest and practical guide on beating the odds and getting into Ivy League and other elite schools  the smart way.    Beaton takes you behind the doors of the world's top college admissions offices, revealing the highly strategic selection processes applied by institutions whose reputations depend on the number of students they admit, or more pointedly, the tens of thousands that they don't.    In Accepted!, Beaton delivers the ultimate insider how to and disrupts cliched admissions advice with savvy strategies like: Moneyballing the university rankings and increasing your chances of admissionClass spamming your way to academic supremacy and acceptancePlaying the early application dating game and understanding how institutions are using it to their reputational advantage Packed with real-life examples from the thousands of students Beaton has helped land a spot atHarvard, Stanford, and other esteemed universities, Accepted! is a never-before assembled culmination of secrets, insights, and application strategies guaranteed to maximize your chances of getting in to the school of your choice.    From ambitious students and their supportive parents to academic advisors and admissions professionals, Accepted! is the must-read guide to demystifying the often-convoluted and increasingly competitive world of elite college admissions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Signaling, the Hunger Games, and McHarvard 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Class Spam: Deadly and Effective 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Early Decision and the Dating Game 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Morpheus Wins: “Show Me The Future!” 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Extracurricular Results\/Effort Ratio: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Not A School Leader? Go Build Your Own Empire 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Don’t Be Fooled: Recommendation Letters Are Audit Trails 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Kingmakers: Here’s How the Best of the Best Defeat the Rest of the Best of the Best 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 It’s All Optional!: What the New “Test Optional” Universe Means to College Admissions 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Powerade, Burger Patties, and the Perfect Personal Statement 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Dual Degrees and Why Double Dipping Opens Doors You May Not Know Existed 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 What the Rich Get Wrong: Don’t Pay to  Play over Summer 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Why Student Athletes Need to Compete with Their Heads 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Managing Your Toughest Adversary— Your Mind! 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 International Students and the Even More Uneven Playing Field 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Moneyball: How to Rank and Choose the  Best Universities 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Harvard’s Legacy, My Legacy, and Your Legacy 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Personalities of the Ivy Leagues and Which One May Be Right for You 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 For Parents Only! 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Bonus Round 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 253\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866419147095,"sku":"9781119833512","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119833512.jpg?v=1722278554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/accepted-secrets-to-gaining-admission-to-the-wor-lds-top-universities-9781119833512","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}