t's no secret that getting into a selective college is harder today than ever before. There are more high schoolers graduating now than at any point in history, and perfect SAT scores, laundry lists of AP classes, and flawless academic records are no longer uncommon. All of this has created the fierce competition and panic around the college admissions process, which has been thoroughly covered in newspapers and magazines. But never before have we explored the process from the students' point of view. What do they care about? What are their interests, dreams, and ways of looking at the world? What happens when they toss their hats into the ring of higher education? Fat Envelope Frenzy   tells the story of five very different, talented, ambitious students on the brink of making the first adult decisions of their lives.