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1) Admission
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2013.
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A Princeton admissions officer, Portia Nathan, who is up for a major promotion, takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption.
2) Admission
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"Admissions. Admission. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides...It's what we let in, but it's also what we let out."
For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia...
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The Hawthornes have it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in northern California, and three charming daughters with perfect teeth. And then comes the eldest's senior year of high school. Angela is a straight A student and star athlete with her sights set on Harvard. Except she's suddenly losing her edge. Mother Nora is stretched to the limit between her family and her real-estate career. Then a few ill-advised moves put the Hawthorne family on a heedless...
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Compiled in real time as one family went through the college search. Life's Little College Admission Insights bestselling author and his college bound daughter have compiled an easy to read, ingest and act on insider best in class tips to help make the college search easier right from the beginning! The book is intended to be a jump starter for collegiate research and to be used before you ever pick up one of the many wonderful, yet sometimes overwhelming...
7) Admission
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A compelling new young adult series set in a near-future post-pandemic world that is alive with action, intrigue, courage, betrayal, and retribution Pandora Jones wakes in a hospital-her body weak, her memory providing only flashes of horrific scenes of death. She soon discovers that her family has succumbed to a plague pandemic which has almost wiped out humanity. Pan is one of the lucky ones. She and other young survivors have been relocated to...
8) Admissions
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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This film delves into the inherent contradictions and psychological implications of undocumented students trapped at the intersection of education policy and broken immigration system. The stories of four students demonstrate both the dehumanizing effects of marginalization and their determination to receive a higher education. Experimental sound design, unsynchronized imagery, and a sophisticated metaphorical language are used to tell their poignant...
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Olivia Greer is counting the days until her date with Michael Bellemare, when her sister, Sage, calls in a panic. As the principal of Lily Rock Music Academy, she meticulously planned the parent orientation weekend.
Then, an academic tutor is found dead.
While Officer Janis Jets investigates the case, Olivia is called in to coach the weekend headliners, the Tone Rangers and go undercover for the constabulary. With Michael,
...10) Final Admission
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In the gripping novel "Final Admission," high school senior Jess Middleton faces the defining challenge of her young life. With ambitions set on attending the prestigious Trinity University-a nod to her late mother's legacy-Jess's plans are upended when an unexpected rejection throws her future into disarray.As the deadline looms, Jess seizes a last-ditch opportunity to impress the admissions board: a volunteer project at a local rehab center. Balancing...
11) The Admission
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All she ever wanted was her father's love.
Cathy Sanderson tries her best to impress her father despite his resentment over her. She seemed to contemplate most days, "Why me? Why do you hate me so daddy?"He'd belittle her about every little thing. The pain and anguish she felt as his only child had her day dreaming that one day he would treat her special.
Cathy loves her father and tries to make him proud of her, but everything she tried, never...
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2015.
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Following World War Two, one of the largest mass migrations in history took place. More than five million people came to Australia, transforming it into the most multicultural country on earth. However, this was never meant to be. For much of the 20th century, successive Australian governments pursued a policy of deporting and barring entry to any race of people they considered undesirable. This was known as the White Australia policy. Admission Impossible...
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"A resource to help students write the college admissions essay with tips on selecting a topic and recycling essays and an essay-writing workshop. Includes 50 examples of successful essays, 25 essay-writing mistakes, and writing strategies from admission officers"--
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An S&M party gone horribly wrong. A dead man locked in a car with a hungry bull terrier. A teenage girl with suspicious abdominal pains. And a man who's fainted, frightened he was allergic to his cheese and onion sandwich ... It's just another day at work for Kit Wharton. After a childhood picked in alcohol and punctuated by parental fighting, stints in journalism and house removals, Kit Wharton joined the NHS ambulance service. He hasn't looked back....
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"Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. Bruni explains why, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal,...
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Some secrets are better kept.
To Raegan Keyes, she's the only one of her kind, but has no idea what she is. Until, one night, she finds out her unexplainable abilities aren't the only thing she needs to worry about. Suddenly, her world becomes much bigger than she ever could have dreamed.
When a mysterious man named Enzo arrives, too striking to be human, Raegan learns she's not as alone as she believed. As more secrets are revealed, she's swept off...
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Every year millions of parents shepherd their teens through the arduous college admissions process. They are bombarded with too much information and with destructive and pervasive college admissions myths. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success by Cheryl Paradis and Faren R. Siminoff provides just what the college admissions doctor needs: sanity, perspective, and common sense. The racecourse to college admissions is littered with...
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Thinking about going to college? Think again... Think more... Now, think one more time. College isn't just four years of work and fun. It's four years to mold the next 40. *Eye Roll* I know I know... I sound like one of those "boomers." But, check this out... You'll wake up one day and BOOM... you'll be 50, wondering if you made the best choices about... partners, kids, work, and yes... even the college you chose. Is a four year traditional higher...
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