![]() In short, WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU is a terrific novel that I happily recommend. I also found it hard to put the book down once The Ophelias get involved. This book is a cautionary tale about the pressure and expectations placed on high school students, but it's also a lot of fun. While Nate offers plenty of comic relief, he is also a complex character, and Mischa's mom's perspective also provides interesting twists. There is more depth to WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU than I expected. There is also plenty of humor, a bit of a mystery, and just enough romance-so it's a book that will appeal to a wide range of readers. But this isn't just a story about the senior year admissions race Mischa's attempts to reframe how she thinks of herself in light of her circumstances will resonate with all teens going through a time of transition. WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU chronicles the nightmare of countless high school students, and reading it is sure to induce anxiety in many working to snag a place in one of their top colleges. ![]() But she eventually opens up to her best friend, Nate, and then she seeks the help of the Ophelias-a fun, smart, and interesting trio of tech-savvy girls who start to unravel the mystery behind Mischa's college rejections. And she's too embarrassed to talk to her friends. Mischa can't tell her mom, a single parent who has given up a lot to send Mischa to her expensive private school, about her troubles. Imagine her surprise when she doesn't get into any of her top college choices-and then she's rejected by her safety school, too. She has joined all the right clubs, she has the best grades, and her test scores are terrific. Mischa is the perfect high school student. Kaplan cranks the humor to full blast, and takes a serious look at the extreme pressure of college admissions. Is it possible that her transcript was hacked? With the help of her best friend and sometimes crush, Nate, and a group of eccentric techies known as "The Ophelia Syndicate," Mischa launches an investigation that will shake the quiet community of Blanchard Prep to its stately brick foundations. As Mischa grapples with the prospect of an increasingly uncertain future, she questions how this could have happened in the first place. All the sacrifices her mother made to send her to prep school, the late nights cramming for tests, the blatantly résumé-padding extracurriculars (read: Students for Sober Driving). So when she's rejected not only by the Ivies, but her loathsome safety school, she is shocked and devastated. Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly well-rounded college application in human form.
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