Kirkus Reviews:
"A cheerfully pointed satire about the college-admissions process at a suburban Washington, D.C., high school where students and/or their parents have Ivy League aspirations…While readers will root for these kids, Coll's affection for her targets does not detract from her bite."

Library Journal:
"Like Jane Smiley's Moo, this latest from Coll is a hilarious novel about academe, following three high school students, their parents, and one dean of admissions in the year before the students' graduation… This extremely engaging story about the high-stakes, upper-middle-class world of college admissions is poised to become a popular book club
selection."

School Library Journal:
"This book...is a harrowing and hilarious story told from the points of view of the teens and their families as they
navigate the maze leading to the holy grail of
acceptance by a major university… It reads a bit like
a Stephen King novel minus the horrific ending."

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