<p>ohiobassmom - thanks for resurrecting the thread. I just ordered library copies of Acceptance and The Gatekeepers. Looking forward to reading. But, yes, I also would be interested in new recommendations.</p>
<p>I read “Getting In” over the holiday, not bad either. More about the effect of the process on the parents and kids than the process itself, but a decent read.</p>
<p>[Book</a> Report: ‘Getting In’ - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/book-report-getting-in/]Book”>Book Report: 'Getting In' - The New York Times)</p>
<p>“Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death and the SATs” by Paula Marantz. Fictional story of a Scarsdale HS GC and the kids she assists with college aps, pushy parents clawing for elite schools…fun read perfect for the gym.</p>
<p>Thanks for the rec, I’ll check that one out.</p>
<p>I think my favorite so far has been “Crazy U” [Crazy</a> U | Book by Andrew Ferguson - Simon & Schuster](<a href=“http://books.simonandschuster.com/Crazy-U/Andrew-Ferguson/9781439101216]Crazy”>Crazy U | Book by Andrew Ferguson | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster)</p>
<p>I laughed out loud rather a lot, then felt sad at the very end. Got much of the insight the other books give on the process, he just made it funny.</p>
<p>Acceptance, the one that started this thread, just came in from the library. </p>
<p>I read a different Acceptance<a href=“by%20Susan%20Coll”>/I</a>, about some kids applying to fictional “Yates U” that was OK, not great. * The Gatekeepers was a bit of a letdown too, in part because it’s not fiction, but didn’t really give any more info than some of the fiction I’ve read, like *Admissions <a href=“Horelitz”>/I</a>.</p>
<p>I think as I explore the “admissions lit” genre, I get a little pickier each time. Maybe because the basic message - Admissions reps CARE, they have to turn away super smart special kids, they’re looking for that interesting but brilliant kid to jump off the app’s page - is kind of similar from book to book.</p>
<p>It’s become a bit of an obsession, these books. Each time I hear of a new one, I order it from the library and usually I actually read it too ;)</p>
<p>I read and enjoyed Acceptance. It did make me wish our GC was like him.</p>
<p>I guess the book is non-fiction, I wasn’t sure. It had less “drama” than some other “admissions lit” I’ve read lately, but it was OK.</p>