Neil Peart
10-23-2007, 09:57 AM
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/10/23/prestige_versus_education
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High school seniors who want to go to a selective college in the fall of 2008 should already be making arrangements to take the tests they will need before they apply ahead of the deadlines for such schools, which are usually in January or February.
One of the consequences of taking these tests is that, if you do well, you may be deluged with literature from colleges and universities all across the country.
Some students may feel flattered that Harvard, Yale, or MIT seems to be dying to have them apply. But the brutal reality is that the reason for wanting so many youngsters to apply is so that they can be rejected.
PREVIEW:
High school seniors who want to go to a selective college in the fall of 2008 should already be making arrangements to take the tests they will need before they apply ahead of the deadlines for such schools, which are usually in January or February.
One of the consequences of taking these tests is that, if you do well, you may be deluged with literature from colleges and universities all across the country.
Some students may feel flattered that Harvard, Yale, or MIT seems to be dying to have them apply. But the brutal reality is that the reason for wanting so many youngsters to apply is so that they can be rejected.