CULTURE WATCH

'Acceptance'

By LYNDSEY LEWIS

WHAT IT IS: A novel by Susan Coll that satirizes the cutthroat admissions process at an elite liberal-arts college.

OUR EXPERT: Bruce J. Poch, vice president and dean of admissions at Pomona College, in Claremont, Calif.

In the book: Olivia Sheraton, an admissions officer at the fictional Yates University, is under enormous...

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