Alexandra Robbins
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Alexandra Robbins is an investigative journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on modern college life and the more sordid aspects of it that are often overlooked or ignored by college administrators. Two of her books, Pledged and Quarterlife Crisis, have been on the New York Times Best Seller list.
She has also written for a variety of publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, and Salon. Robbins has appeared in the national media, on shows such as "60 Minutes," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Today Show," "Paula Zahn Now", "The View," "The Colbert Report," and "Anderson Cooper 360," and networks including CNN, NPR, the BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and the History Channel. She broke the story about President Bush’s unimpressive college grades and SATs, which got such media attention that reporters called to interview her and asked what her SAT scores were (she never said)[citation needed].
She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1994, the school profiled in The Overachievers; and summa cum laude from Yale University in 1998. She was editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper, the award winning Black & White.
She enjoys playing soccer, watching football, working out, baking pies, or hanging out with friends. She considers herself a Lost addict, a Star Wars nut, and a Steve Martin fan.
[edit] Books
- The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids (2006)
- Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities (2004)
- Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from Twentysomethings who Have Been There and Survived (2004)
- Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power (2003)
