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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the book. It's an easy read.

I dont think all his anecdotes are as compelling as he did. Did someone already mention the girl who chose SMU (over what .. some other more prestigious school, but can't remember), also didn't like SMU. Like the Columbia kid. She just didn't leave after freshman year.

I can't really imagine picking Mississippi over Rice, especially considering Rice was giving that student a ton of money.

I do get MN! That's a great flagship.

(I am also considering some political stuff to be fair, I wouldn't want my kids in Mississippi really)

And the info about how to look at schools is stuff I knew, but I also realize I'm a super consumer of this info, which is why I read this book first week out.

[b]The story about the MIT AO was news. I googled more of that and honestly it sounds more traumatic than Selingo even described (which makes sense).  A nightmare[/b][/quote]

Yes she went through a nightmare, from age 15 to 18. She was only 18 and on her way to the University of Richmond when she died of accidental drug overdose. Full details supplied by her mother here (trigger warning: sexual assault and cyberbullying): https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2022/10/teen-social-media-I-wont-see-my-daughter-grow-up/[/quote]

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