{"product_id":"the-price-of-admission-updated-edition-9781400097975","title":"The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e • \u003cb\u003e“A fire-breathing, righteous attack on the culture of superprivilege.”—Michael Wolff, author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eFire and Fury,\u003c\/i\u003e in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW WITH NEW REPORTING ON OPERATION VARSITY BLUES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this explosive and prescient book, based on three years of investigative reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Golden shatters the myth of an American meritocracy. Naming names, along with grades and test scores, Golden lays bare a corrupt system in which middle-class and working-class whites and Asian Americans are routinely passed over in favor of wealthy white students with lesser credentials—children of alumni, big donors, and celebrities. He reveals how a family donation got Jared Kushner into Harvard, and how colleges comply with Title IX by giving scholarships to rich women in “patrician sports” like horseback riding and crew.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith a riveting new chapter on Operation Varsity Blues, based on original reporting, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Admission\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read—not only for parents and students with a personal stake in college admissions but also for those disturbed by the growing divide between ordinary and privileged Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Admission\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A disturbing exposé of the influence that wealth and power still exert on admission to the nation’s most prestigious universities.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deserves to become a classic.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62276471587203,"sku":"9781400097975","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9781400097975.jpg?v=1785544308","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-price-of-admission-updated-edition-9781400097975","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}