Getting Into Yale: How One Student Wrote This Book and Got Into the School of His Dreams [Paperback]

Josh Berezin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 1998

Berezin's hilariously perceptive and candid account of getting into Yale faithfully chronicles the joys of standardized tests, the interview and application tango, competitions with friends, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion; 1st edition (August 3, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786883022
• ISBN-13: 978-0786883028
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #928,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book...good insight, October 3, 2000

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aliss (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Getting Into Yale: How One Student Wrote This Book and Got Into the School of His Dreams (Paperback)

This book had a greater influence on my college process than any other book on the market. The author is candid, clever and right on target. The book is also an easy and enjoyable read, fun for all those in, out of, and interested in the chaotic process that is modern admissions. Two thumbs up.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, entertaining, and informative., October 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Into Yale: How One Student Wrote This Book and Got Into the School of His Dreams (Paperback)

Very honest portrayal of how one young man set his goals and worked at getting into a top college. Along the way, some great insights into the pressure cooker of the college application process, the value of high school athletics, and the ups and downs of senior year in high school. Great and easy read!

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What Yale is looking for in a student?, June 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Into Yale: How One Student Wrote This Book and Got Into the School of His Dreams (Paperback)

This book was useful as an outline of what a college-bound student can do to make an impression on an Admissions office.

That's the best thing I can force myself to say about this publication, a book by an extremely ambitious young man. The text is peppered with a weisenheimer-esque, hyper self-centered attitude. Good to see a kid with oodles of self-confidence get what he's after. But often he comes off as part of the elitist, scratch-your-way-to-the-top, realm that I'd assumed Ivy League schools were nowadays trying to distance themselves from.

Reading this creepy book gave me a negative impression of Yale's standards.