Well, I’m on the tail end of an all-nighter. Inexplicably. all-nighters make me compelled to post, which is the equivalent of talking to people on the phone when you’re really sleepy. I mean, it’s unlikely I’ll say anything profoundly stupid, but you never know.
Anyway, saw an interesting piece on Ivy League admissions on allaboutgeorge. Simultaneously reminded me why I never had any desire to deal with such institutions but also showed me just why I would or would not have gotten in, anyway. Case could be made either ways.
Moral of the story–rich folks from the North ain’t to be all the way trusted, if at all. That also holds for rich folks everywhere else. Really, unless you play ball or music, there’s no way to get rich and still be trustworthy. None.
And I’m gone. Piece on the ESPN later today.
3 Comments
by mikejones-thekid
“Really, unless you play ball or music, there’s no way to get rich and still be trustworthy. None.”–I would contest that those two might not even be an exception.
by Kirk
I agree with Mike on this one. You’re saying you’d trust Sean Combs?
by Tiffany
What a great article on Harvard admissions. It really hit home for me because I have recently had a conversation or two with someone who has attended some of the Ivies and Seven Sisters universities and has bought into their notion of elitism and superiority, hook, line and sinker.
The whole idea that brilliance and academic exellence is found at other schools (particularly HBCU’s) didn’t even register with her. She just can’t get that people that do well in life will suceed at ‘lowly’ state school or at Princeton. I’m not saying that there are not great resources to be had at an ivy-league school, but it looks like they’re not as great as folks would like you to think, if the Krueger/Dale article is to be believed. Again, great find.