March 14, 2008

The Other Side of Admissions Angst

By ERIC HOOVER

For students, getting into their first-choice college isn't so hard after all

While applying to colleges last fall, Jack Anderson slept soundly, ran 50 miles a week, and practiced the saxophone. He also found the time to hang out with friends. Sometimes, his mother says, he even smiled.

Mr. Anderson is no slacker. In fact, he earns A's and B's at Madison High School, in New Jersey, where he is president of the student government. But he was not the stereotypical college

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