Don T Send Your Kids To The Ivy League By William Deresiewicz

As of this year, I started to think about college. At first I wanted to attend the most well known school, but they are focused on their status. While I was searching for schools, I looked at the programs they provide, the teaching methods, and how effective their teaching was. As I was reading the passage, I pondered William Deresiewicz ideas. Deresiewicz believes that parents should never send their child to an Ivy League school; because of the horrendous effects it has on the college students and how corrupt the schools are. In his essay “Don’t Send Your Kids to the Ivy League,” Deresiewicz emphasizes the way the Ivy League makes children “anxious, timid, and lost” and how the admission process is a hoax; it is all about the money rather

In this piece, Deresiewicz utilizes factual evidence and personal experience to prove that Ivy League schools are unethical. Throughout the passage, Deresiewicz uses authentic evidence from credible sources to prove: Ivy League schools have unpleasant effects on college students, poor admission processes, and they are politically corrupt. While the writer uses specific quotes and statistics, he is also building an extensive argument. Deresiewicz mentions, “ In 1985, 46 percent of incoming freshmen at the 250 most selective colleges came from the top quarter of the income distribution. By 2000, it was 55 percent. As of 2006, only about 15 percent of students came from the bottom half” (Deresiewicz 206). When he states the statistic, it proves that the Ivy Leagues are unfair and fraudulent. As the audience reads the article, they start to realize the schools only care about the money. Also, this verifies that rich students are more likely to attend these schools. To add to his argument, he says, “As of 2004, 40 percent of the first-year students at the most selective state campuses came from families with incomes of more than 100,000, up from 32 percent just five years earlier” (207). He adds this quote because it proves that wealthy families force their children to attend these schools.