Admission

by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Admission - (1) the process of deciding which applicants may attend a college or university; (2) the process of revealing private information

This novel follows Portia Nathan, an admissions officer for Princeton University as she works through a recruiting and admitting season. There is the travel to high schools and prep schools in her territory of New England, and there is reviewing of endless files of essays, recommendations, and test results. And through it all, Portia's settled, emotionless personal life gets turned inside out as she is, after seventeen years, brought back to face a wrenching decision that she made as an undergraduate and has spent the resto fo her life trying to forget.

Excellent background in the business of a university recruiting season.