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January 29, 2024

Cover Story

Inventing the Perfect College Applicant

Christopher Rim coaches 0.1 percenters to get into their top-choice schools. What’s he actually selling? By Caitlin Moscatello

On the Cover: Photograph by Catherine Servel.

features

How We Lost Our Minds About UFOs

Whistleblowers, hypnosis, and many, many balloons: the rise of American saucerism.

By Nicholson Baker
The Nepo State

New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy is poised to become a U.S. senator. No, she doesn’t see anything wrong with that.

By Simon Van Zuylen-Wood

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