Crazy U : One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid into College (Paperback)

from Amniot

Excellent book: intelligent, informative, and funny. Interestingly, one of his best insights concerns the law of constant contradiction in online advice, and Pilarflores and I seem to have read different books. The chapter on the SATs is especially good (it turns out that the proposed alternative...

from aliay

A perfect blend of history of college admissions and tongue-in-cheek memoir/advice book, Crazy U brings up a lot of the ironies in the highly selective college admissions process and the higher education landscape today. A great read for parents of high school students and high school students al...

from mrtall

Andrew Ferguson's Crazy U is an end-to-end winner. Faced with the daunting task of getting a seemingly unfocused and lackadaisical son into a 'good college', Ferguson takes us along for the very funny ride through college rankings, applications, campus visits, wild-eyed parents rapidly losing the...

from jjaylynny

Not a memoir, more a reflection on the process of college admissions these days and how truly insane it is. Humorous, illuminating and deeply cynical all at once.

from Amniot

Excellent book: intelligent, informative, and funny. Interestingly, one of his best insights concerns the law of constant contradiction in online advice, and Pilarflores and I seem to have read different books. The chapter on the SATs is especially good (it turns out that the proposed alternative...