Have you ever deemed the modern college admissions process unfair? In the article by Frank Bruni tilted “College Aadmission Sshocker” he explores the increased greed of the universities at the expense of the students. Bruni is able to establish a well thought out and cunning satire about the insane practices in modern day universities, through the use of the rhetorical devices wit and incongruity. The article well establishes incongruity throughout the piece helping develop a strong satire. As colleges strive for the top percent of students each year Stanford university decides to kick it up a notch: ¨ … Which had dropped to a previously uncharted low of 5 percent last year - plummeted all the way to its inevitable conclusion of 0 percent¨. …show more content…
When talking about the effects of lower admissions rates, Stanford responds that it aids them in big ways : ¨… as the school rejected more and more comers, it received bigger and bigger donations¨. The use of parallel structure emphasizses the point that the more they cut the percent they admit the more benefits the college gets. This use of wit parallels the truth that lots of Ivy leagues are in it for the money and publicity not for the education. The use of wit throughout the piece contributes to the satire because it allows it to establish and maintain a mood of utter absurdity. Once talking about what Stanford will do with the money, the article states, ¨Begin construction on its long awaited - Center of social justice, a first ever collaboration of Renzo PIano and Santiago Calatrava … also designed the pedestrian bridge … to the student napping meadows¨. The overall idea of a napping meadow is rather ironic, as well as absurd, since a high level university is supposed to be a productive place. But the conclusion where the money is heading is similar to what happens in the real world; lots of these donations are spent on useless unimaginative building projects. Usually building projects like this often lead to an embezzlement of funds or some other type of high- level corruption. But we often turn