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Sunday, August 13, 2006

They're overplaying it...

...It's Time magazine, after all... But this article, which notes that increasing numbers of Americans have calmed down about applying to universities, does suggest that the mainstream media may have tired of the College Admissions Nightmare story that's dominated fall semester coverage for the last couple of years.

Doom-laden stories are better than happy, reassuring ones, so we can certainly expect Time and other publications to continue trying to scare people about how they'll never get into a good college. But it's nice to see the truth -- there are many excellent, interesting, well-located colleges that'll set you up very nicely for graduate school, and you'll probably get in to one of them -- peeking out.
Posted at: 8/13/2006 05:58:00 AM