Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania
Summary
Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their wort... Full description
- Introduction
- The unsung alma maters
- Throwing darts
- Obsessives at the gate
- Rankings and wrongs
- Beyond the comfort zone
- From Tempe to Waterloo
- An elite edge?
- Strangled with ivy
- Humbled, hungry and flourishing
- Fire over formula
- Epilogue.