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Jane in NC
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Skaterbabs mentioned this book over on the general board but it looks like something that might resonate well over here. Getting In by Karen Stabiner is a fictional account of students and families applying for college. Barnes and Noble gives the following synopsis:

 

Q: What does a parent need to survive the college application process?

 

A. A sense of humor.

B. A therapist on 24-hour call.

C. A large bank balance.

D. All of the above.

 

Getting In is the roller-coaster story of five very different Los Angeles families united by a single obsession: acceptance at a top college, preferably one that makes their friends and neighbors green with envy. At an elite private school and a nearby public school, families devote themselves to getting their seniors into the perfect school-even if the odds are stacked against them, even if they can't afford the $50,000 annual price tag, even if the effort requires a level of deceit, and even if the object of all this attention wants to go somewhere else.

 

Getting In is a delightfully smart comedy of class and entitlement, of love and ambition, set in a world where a fat envelope from a top school matters more than anything . . . almost.

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Skaterbabs mentioned this book over on the general board but it looks like something that might resonate well over here. Getting In by Karen Stabiner is a fictional account of students and families applying for college. Barnes and Noble gives the following synopsis:

 

Q: What does a parent need to survive the college application process?

 

A. A sense of humor.

B. A therapist on 24-hour call.

C. A large bank balance.

D. All of the above.

 

Getting In is the roller-coaster story of five very different Los Angeles families united by a single obsession: acceptance at a top college, preferably one that makes their friends and neighbors green with envy. At an elite private school and a nearby public school, families devote themselves to getting their seniors into the perfect school-even if the odds are stacked against them, even if they can't afford the $50,000 annual price tag, even if the effort requires a level of deceit, and even if the object of all this attention wants to go somewhere else.

 

Getting In is a delightfully smart comedy of class and entitlement, of love and ambition, set in a world where a fat envelope from a top school matters more than anything . . . almost.

 

I just ran over to Amazon to read reviews, but the book has a release date of 3/16/10. Did the OP on the general board get her hands on a prelease copy?

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I just ran over to Amazon to read reviews, but the book has a release date of 3/16/10. Did the OP on the general board get her hands on a prelease copy?

 

The OP on the general board was singing the praises of the author in general and mentioned this book. Given that I had yet another minor panic attack about whether or not I submitted a particular form to a particular school this morning, the book sounded appealing to me!

 

Here is the OP.

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... acceptance at a top college, preferably one that makes their friends and neighbors green with envy.

 

I'm so glad that I don't have a shred of envy as to where anyone else goes. It's really difficult for me to identify with that type of personality. Even as a youngster when I first heard the phrase, "keep up with the Joneses," I asked the question, "why?" :)

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Thanks for passing this along, Jane. It does sound like a fun book. Stabiner's non-fiction seems to be well reviewed. Here's another title of hers which might hit the spot for some of us here Empty Nest, The: 31 Parents Tell the Truth About Relationships, Love, and Freedom After the Kids Fly the Coop. It's currently bargain priced at $2.46 at Amazon.

 

Regards,

Kareni

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