The Resource Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania, Frank Bruni
Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania, Frank Bruni
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- Summary
- "Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU'LL BE, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people who didn't attend the most exclusive schools, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges-large public universities, tiny hideaways in the hinterlands-serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are a student's efforts in and out of the classroom, not the gleam of his or her diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that-and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- v, 218 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- The unsung alma maters
- Throwing darts
- Obsessives at the gate
- Rankings and wrongs
- Beyond the comfort zone
- From Tempe to Waterloo
- An elite edge?
- Strangled with ivy
- Humbled, hungry and flourishing
- Fire over formula
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781455532704
- Label
- Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania
- Title
- Where you go is not who you'll be
- Title remainder
- an antidote to the college admissions mania
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank Bruni
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no. That belief is wrong. It's cruel. And in WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU'LL BE, Frank Bruni explains why, giving students and their parents a new perspective on this brutal, deeply flawed competition and a path out of the anxiety that it provokes. Bruni, a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors' mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people who didn't attend the most exclusive schools, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges-large public universities, tiny hideaways in the hinterlands-serve as ideal springboards. And he illuminates how to make the most of them. What matters in the end are a student's efforts in and out of the classroom, not the gleam of his or her diploma. Where you go isn't who you'll be. Americans need to hear that-and this indispensable manifesto says it with eloquence and respect for the real promise of higher education"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bruni, Frank
- Dewey number
- 378.1/610973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB2351.2
- LC item number
- .B78 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Universities and colleges
- College choice
- EDUCATION
- College choice
- Universities and colleges
- United States
- EDUCATION / Higher
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- Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania, Frank Bruni
- Note
- Includes index
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- volume
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- text
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- Contents
- The unsung alma maters -- Throwing darts -- Obsessives at the gate -- Rankings and wrongs -- Beyond the comfort zone -- From Tempe to Waterloo -- An elite edge? -- Strangled with ivy -- Humbled, hungry and flourishing -- Fire over formula -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn883650875
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- v, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781455532704
- Lccn
- 2014049043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781455532704
- (OCoLC)883650875
- Label
- Where you go is not who you'll be : an antidote to the college admissions mania, Frank Bruni
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The unsung alma maters -- Throwing darts -- Obsessives at the gate -- Rankings and wrongs -- Beyond the comfort zone -- From Tempe to Waterloo -- An elite edge? -- Strangled with ivy -- Humbled, hungry and flourishing -- Fire over formula -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn883650875
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- v, 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9781455532704
- Lccn
- 2014049043
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781455532704
- (OCoLC)883650875
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