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Charles Monagan How to Get a Monkey into Harvard (Paperback). Further DetailsTitle: How to Get a Monkey into Harvard Condition: New Subtitle: An Impractical Guide to Fooling the Top Colleges Author: Charles Monagan Illustrator: Dave Coverly Contributor: Dave Coverly (Illustrated by) Format: Paperback EAN: 9780802170385 ISBN: 9780802170385 Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Genre: Humour & Joke Books Release Date: 10/25/2007 Description: Millions of parents of teenagers everywhere are desperate to know: how do I get my irrefutably average child a spot at a top college, one that will ensure him years of cocktail party one-upmanship, a respectable portion of debt, and lots of huge car-window decals?In this hilarious spoof on college-admissions guidebooks, Charles Monagan injects warmhearted humor into that American rite of passage: trying to get your lazy, not-as-smart-as-he-thinks-he-is, not-as-original-as-she-thinks-she-is teenagers into a fancy overpriced school with a big name so that they can eventually get a job and move out of your basement. From preconception strategies to the farce that is community service, Monagan’s theories and suggestions are so outrageous they just might work.Monagan’s unorthodox techniques and manufactured wisdom include gems like:Marry your child’s college counselorProactively name your child (Rockefeller? Elihu?)Buying the SATs Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 209mm Item Length: 139mm Item Weight: 127g Release Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.