Aaron R. (bigstu) reviewed Getting Into Yale : How One Student Wrote This Book and Got Into the School of His Dreams on
I'm going to paraphrase this review with some full disclosure, I went to high school with Josh and I was on the wrestling team with him. Granted, I was a freshman when he was a senior so I didn't know Josh very well, but I do remember him being very intense and deserving the title of team captain. After getting past that I recognized the names of some of the people in the book, was friends with these "characters" younger siblings or was coached by/taught by some of these teachers/coaches, I realized that it was a good book. If you are looking for a book that tells you the secret to getting into Yale, then this book is probably not for you. However, if you are wondering how hard you have to work as well as the amount of work that goes into getting into Yale, mixed with a mix of light-hearted humor and some very serious stories then this book is for you. You could really tell how hard Josh worked and how much Josh really wanted to go to Yale.
