I really enjoyed this book. The writing is witty (though in some places I think the author tries a bit too hard to be "hip") and sharp. I actually hated every character in this book at one point or another but that's ok because they are 17 and think they know everything about the world. I was never Ivy driven but I can remember what that college process was like. We all knew kids who were just like these kids (if we weren't these kids ourselves). Overall, a well written and very scary look at the lengths some will go to in order to be the perfect college candidate.