“Along with the Sphinx, the DaVinci code and Easter Island, college admissions is one of the world’s great mysteries,” said Mary Beth Kurilko, associate director of undergraduate admissions at Temple University.
“I see it in the faces of the parents who hover around their children during our information sessions. They’re listening for it, leaning forward in their chairs so as not to miss it — that one thing that will throw open the door to their child’s dream college.” —Eleanor Chute —Who Gets In? The key to admission remains a mystery (Post-Gazette)
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