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Reply to "The Absurdity of U.S. News College Rankings - Per Malcolm Gladwell"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gladwell is a 57-year-old childless Canadian. Why would anyone care what he thinks as it relates to what college to send your child to? Why doesn't he poll his New Yorker and media elite friends with teen and 20-something kids and see where they all send their kids (hint: Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Chicago, Barnard, Georgetown, NYU and the top few SLACs — period). I agree the rankings have jumped the shark. But wanting to send your kid to an elite college isn't going anywhere. If anything, it's fiercer because when everyone teen goes to college, you signal your class status (and/or IQ) with a prestige bachelor's[/quote] It’s more prestigious to be good looking and healthy. But elite college is necessary to give ugly/unhealthy people something to cling to.[/quote]
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