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- Title
Extreme Pressure: The Negative Consequences of Achievement Culture for Affluent Students During the Elite College Admission Process.
- Authors
Redding, Alexis Brooke
- Abstract
The article discusses the negative impacts of achievement culture for affluent students during the elite college admission process of universities and colleges in the U.S. It mentions that the increasing awareness of the emotional damage can be inflicted on teenagers who are focused on elite college admissions such as the Harvard University. It also implies the unprecedented level of uncertainty and turn to media due to the heightened of competition among the students.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY &; college admission; HARVARD University -- Admission; UNCERTAINTY; STRESS management; STUDENTS' conduct of life; UNIVERSITY &; college entrance requirements
- Publication
Journal of College Admission, 2013, Issue 221, p32
- ISSN
0734-6670
- Publication type
Article