How Colleges Dupe Students
Kathleen Kingsbury covers education for The Daily Beast. She also contributes to Time magazine, where she has covered business, health and education since 2005.
As prospective students begin visiting campuses, universities are working hard to appear picture-perfect. Insiders tell Kathleen Kingsbury how not to get fooled by the scripted charade.
Dirty Secrets of College Admissions
Kathleen Kingsbury covers education for The Daily Beast. She also contributes to Time magazine, where she has covered business, health and education since 2005.
In a Daily Beast exclusive, college admissions officers reveal the shameful truth about the selection process. Rich kids from New York, boring Asian math geniuses, and oboe-playing poets need not apply.
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