Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir by Walter Kirn. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University.Random House catalog
The author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic.Atlantic, January-February 2005
The book was reviewed twice in The New York Times.New York Times Sunday Book Review, May 21, 2009New York Times, May 17, 2009 The Times also listed it as a "notable book of 2009".New York Times Notable Books list
Other reviews appeared in The Washington PostWashington Post, June 7, 2009 and Commentary Magazine,Commentary Magazine, June 2009 and the book was recommended on Time Magazine's "Short List of Things to Do".Time Magazine, Short list of things to do, May 29, 2009
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