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More College Admissions Secrets

Faking their ethnicities, sending bribes, stalking admissions officers' parents—students are trying everything to get in this year, and some of it is actually working.

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As college applicants and their parents patiently wait for that fat (or thin) envelope to arrive in their mailbox come early April, The Daily Beast gets the dirt from admissions officers, guidance counselors, and private consultants about what students are doing to get in this year, and how applicants can...

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