Natasha Warikoo

Natasha Warikoo is an expert on the relationships between education, racial and ethnic diversity, and cultural processes in schools and universities. Her most recent book, "The Diversity Bargain: And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities," illuminates how undergraduates attending Ivy League universities and Oxford University conceptualize race and meritocracy. Her first book, "Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City," analyzes youth culture among children of immigrants attending low-performing high schools in New York City and London. "Balancing Acts" won the Thomas and Znaneicki Best Book Award from the American Sociological Association's International Migration Section.

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Natasha Warikoo

You’ll Need More Than Perfect Grades To Get Into America’s Top Universities

“We should discard the notion that admissions is a meritocratic process that selects the 'best' 18-year-olds who apply to a selective university.”

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Natasha Warikoo

You’ll Need More Than Perfect Grades To Get Into America’s Top Universities

“We should discard the notion that admissions is a meritocratic process that selects the 'best' 18-year-olds who apply to a selective university.”