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Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Where it All Begins | |
An Unsentimental Education | p. 13 |
A Cautionary Tale | p. 20 |
Personal Statement | p. 25 |
From the Outsiders | |
How to Get into College Without Really Trying | p. 31 |
The Age of Reasons | p. 46 |
Application Madness | p. 51 |
A Piece of Cake | p. 70 |
From the Insiders | |
Impersonating Wallpaper: The Dean's Daughter Speaks | p. 81 |
A Life of Too Much | p. 91 |
The Kids Are Alright: (with Apologies to the Who) | p. 100 |
Let It/Them Be: (with or without Apologies to the Beatles), or How Not to Spend Your Child's Summer Vacation | p. 103 |
From a Mother's Perspective | |
The Deep Pool | p. 113 |
When Love Gets in the Way | p. 116 |
Hooked | p. 121 |
Our Quixotic Quests for Utopia U | p. 129 |
From a Father's Perspective | |
Market Lambs and Chaos Warriors | p. 137 |
Flowers Will Grow | p. 145 |
The Worst of Times, the Best of Times: The Scholar-Athlete Applies to College | p. 154 |
From the Belly of the Whale | p. 164 |
Where the Chips Fall | p. 171 |
Road Trippin' | |
The Most Difficult year to Get into College in the History of the World: Excerpts from "The Neurotic Parent" Blog the Neurotic Parent | p. 181 |
Laundry, Lost Luggage, and Lord of the Rings | p. 216 |
Sound Tracks | p. 223 |
A User's Guide for Parents | |
Love in the Time of College Angst | p. 231 |
Wait Outside | p. 244 |
Sophie, Real and Imagined | p. 251 |
T-minus Thirteen Minutes and Forty-one Seconds | p. 258 |
About the Contributors | p. 265 |
Copyright Acknowledgments | p. 275 |
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