Frank Bruni, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be: An Antidote To The College Admissions Mania”

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In the next few weeks, high school students around the country will begin getting letters from colleges to which they’ve applied. Many will be rejections. New York Times columnist Frank Bruni says that over the last few decades Americans have distorted the entire college admissions process. We’ve made young people – and their parents – believe that acceptance to one of the nation’s top colleges is the key to success. And that being denied entry will keep many other doors in life closed. In a new book, Bruni explains why that’s flat-out wrong. Bruni argues for stopping what he calls the “college admissions mania.”

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Guests

Frank Bruni, op-ed columnist for The New York Times. His books include Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater, about his relationship with food, and Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, about President George W. Bush.