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Unfortunately, his position as a Dean prevents him from getting "too real" in this article, because what he should be telling these over-stressed and over-worke
by tomphoolery 11y ago
Unfortunately, his position as a Dean prevents him from getting "too real" in this article, because what he should be telling these over-stressed and over-worked parents (and kids) is that you don't need to go to Harvard, or Stanford, or any Ivy League school really, to get a good education.
- aetherson 11y agoHer. It's literally the first line of the article. And also she's the former dean.
- hamburglar 11y agoAlso, if that were true about how to get into Stanford, we would likely be heading for a crash in such schools' reputations as places that churn out top quality graduates because they are selecting for the wrong attributes. I don't actually think Stanford is going to let that happen.
- neogodless 11y agoThis is in the article that the rest of us read: "She urges families to think more broadly about what makes for a “good” college. There are excellent educational experiences to be had at schools that aren’t among U.S. News and World Report’s top 20, she says, and there are schools that will accept students who don’t have a perfect resume."