The Chosen (Jerome Karabel)

The Chosen (Jerome Karabel)

"The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton" is a 2005 book by Jerome Karabel.

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* [http://www.gladwell.com/2005/2005_10_10_a_admissions.html Getting In: The social logic of Ivy League admissions]


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