Fat Envelope Frenzy: A Review
Fat Envelope Frenzy: One Year, Five Promising Students
, and the Pursuit of the Ivy League Prize / by Joie Jager-Hyman (Harper, 2008) Softcover, 279 p. ISBN 9780061257162
Fat Envelope Frenzy demystifies the process of choosing an incoming freshman class at Harvard University by following the applications of five bright and highly motivated high school students who all sought to get in to the elite school in the same year. They all came from different financial, social, and ethnic backgrounds and had different accomplishments that they all hoped would make them stand out and gain them acceptance.
Joie Jager-Hyman, a former Ivy League admissions officer, tells their stories and follows their applications through the admissions process. Some receive acceptance letters, along with a packet of information, forms, etc. they will need in order to enrollthe fat envelope. Others receive the bad news in a small envelope.
Applying to any college or university can be stressful, but trying to get into an elite and highly competitive institution is especially so. In a way, all of these wonder kids are extraordinary students. In another way, they are all ordinary individuals trying to accomplish what so many others also want to do. Jager-Hyman's engaging writing style succeeds in bringing out their individuality and makes readers really care about what happens to them.
Fat Envelope Frenzy presents the admissions process from both sides of the desk. If applicants have high expectations, so does the university. Students and their parents face pressure, but so does the admissions office. By paying such close and sympathetic attention to five real applicants and following their essays and other materials through the process, Jager-Hyman has produced a useful, informative, and highly readable guide for students applying to any college, whether an elite private school or a local state university or community college.
Fat Envelope Frenzy: A Review
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