Author Pulls Curtain Back On Elite Prep-school Admissions

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Thu, 02/23/2017 - 2:02pm

Amy Poeppel, a former assistant admissions director at Trevor Day School in Manhattan, gives a peek inside the fierce competition to get into New York City’s elite private schools in a debut novel titled “Small Admissions.” The author shares some of her insights with The Wall Street Journal.

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