Taking Control of Your College Application

by Mark Lyon, Chau Nguyen

This is not just a story of a group of high school students applying to college. It is a story of a group of friends who decided to ignore all the rules they’ve been told about how to get into college, and who instead have decided to take control of their own application process, to construct their own honest narratives that reflect their real passions. From their unique stance emerged the Kafka group, a forum in which they have documented their applications process and encourage other students to follow in their footsteps. This is a story of a group of friends who pledged to reject any deception on their applications -- no false letters of recommendation, no false essays, no false financial documents -- and who decided to treat the applications process as it should be treated, as a journey towards self discovery. This is a story about a group of friends who courageously expose (through their website, their essays, and this book) things that many people don’t want to be exposed, because they know that exposing them is the only thing that will lead to change. It is the story of a group of friends who refuse to believe the lie, spread by unscrupulous admissions companies, that submitting honest, self-crafted applications is equivalent to throwing away your dream.

311 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 12, 2017