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The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates

by Daniel Golden

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She Can Coach!

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Lisa is currently reading: The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates by Daniel Golden	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa rated a book 4 of 5 stars Absolutely, Positively (Lucy Valentine, #3) by Heather Webber (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa liked a quote “We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.” — Barbara Taylor Bradford like
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Lisa rated a book 3 of 5 stars Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class by Ross Douthat read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love college memoirs. I don't know why they fascinate me so much, but I think they're great. Privilege is Ross Douthat's tale of his four years at Harvard. And unlike other memoirs I've read, it digs deeper than mere social issues and classes. Now...more
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Lisa liked a quote “Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.” — Cynthia Kersey like
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Lisa marked as to-read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa rated a book 3 of 5 stars Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a great book for anyone interested in learning more about the Greek system. It's interesting how much this book was blasted by the Greek system (so much so that she felt that she had to preface the book detailing how she got the information s...more
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