Summary of Kendra James 's Admissions

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 I was in the eighth grade when I got into boarding school. My parents had gently laid the groundwork throughout middle school, asking if my local public high school, Columbia, was the school I wanted to commit this crucial four years of my life to, given that I did have other options.

#2 I was excited to start my second year at Taft in late August. The school had only ever had five heads in its 130-year history, and I was excited to meet Mr. MacMullen, the current head of school.

#3 The students arriving at Taft in the fall of 2015 were doing so early for a number of reasons. Fall varsity sports began practicing at least a week before the first day of classes, and with those students came hall monitors and head mons.

#4 I was often surrounded by parents and children at lunch, as the classes of 1971 to 1977 reunited every day. My parents were extremely divorced by the time I went to school there.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669383826

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was in the eighth grade when I got into boarding school. My parents had gently laid the groundwork throughout middle school, asking if my local public high school, Columbia, was the school I wanted to commit this crucial four years of my life to, given that I did have other options.

#2

I was excited to start my second year at Taft in late August. The school had only ever had five heads in its 130-year history, and I was excited to meet Mr. MacMullen, the current head of school.

#3

The students arriving at Taft in the fall of 2015 were doing so early for a number of reasons. Fall varsity sports began practicing at least a week before the first day of classes, and with those students came hall monitors and head mons.

#4

I was often surrounded by parents and children at lunch, as the classes of 1971 to 1977 reunited every day. My parents were extremely divorced by the time I went to school there.

#5

My father graduated from Taft after earning a spot at the school through the A Better Chance program. He then went on to four years at Brown University. My mother was born in the Bronx to a woman who would eventually have both a bachelor’s from Fordham and a master’s from Long Island University.

#6

I had assumed that what my mother often said would remain true at Taft: that I was good at making friends. But that wasn’t the case there, either.

#7

I was not trying to be friendly with the other kids at my table, but I assumed that as my parents had taken the time to introduce me, I would at least remain friendly with the students of color throughout my time at