![]() It moves along nicely, offering the stories of A.P. Or at least it tries to be.Īcceptance, in some ways, does succeed. The result is a satiric commentary on the entire applications process. The students at the center must choose their schools and try to find a way - any way - to procure that coveted acceptance letter. ![]() Framed around a year’s worth of college applications and preparation, with each chapter representing a new month, the story follows three high school students, as well as two mothers who look on at the process from the sidelines, one with eagerness and the other with concern, and an admissions officer who’s questioning her own role in the system. It’s a process fraught with drama and cynicism, and Acceptance - the newest novel by author Susan Coll – tries to take those elements and run with them. ![]() Anyone who’s gone through it themselves - no matter how long ago - maintains the memory (or for some, maybe, more like a bitter taste), of how the college application system works: the letters and tests and transcripts that need to be sent, the waiting for an answer that has to be persevered. ![]()
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