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...airport, apparently with the King of Pop inside. As the wall-to-wall coverage pre-empted the afternoon line-up of programming, serious journalists like Judy Woodruff promised to cover the story “from every angle,” which apparently meant every possible camera angle on Jackson??s car (I counted four...
...especially by those poor souls residing in the skim milk of first-year housing. Apley’s shell sconces over the water fountains, oaken moldings straight out of Architectural Digest and fireplaces worthy of an English country inn place it more than a few notches above Canaday. Jackson??s also quick to sing the praises of the “really, really tall doorways” and her room’s extraordinary pedigree—T.S. Eliot ’09 once lived here. As well as the fellow freshmen who occasionally arrive just to behold...
Other parts of Jackson??s guide are more inspirational. In the author’s note, for example, she attempts to reach out to her target audience of students from public schools who may be the first in their family or town to go to a prestigious college: “You have nothing to lose and a lifetime of wonderful memories and experiences to gain...
...Jackson??s premise did receive criticism from a few college deans and other administrators she contacted for the guide. Jackson tells stories of administrators who said that average public school students “are at no disadvantage” when competing with privately schooled students at the university level...
...Where Jackson??s guide touched on personal themes, Zaroulis’ stuck with the practical. Subjects included “choosing a topic, formulating a question, and directly answering the question,” she says. Rather than interviewing reluctant college administrators, she was able to talk to some of her own teachers at the Groton school...