The college admission process can be overwhelming. Being only a junior, I have put only a bit of thought into this and I'm already beginning to feel overwhelmed. There are so many options out there; it can be hard to know which one will be best for me in the long run. by reading “Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be," I was able to come to realization that while college is important, the name of your college is not.
James Bruni, the author of “Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be", has a very straightforward writing style. No gimmicks, no jokes: just straight facts. Based on his writing about the college admission process, what he calls the college admissions mania, it seems that most universities need to be more like his writing style – simple and straightforward. Many colleges use advertisements, emails, statistics, and rankings in order to make them seem like the best option for a student. This concept applies particularly to the Ivy League schools. Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, along with the others, are incredibly talented when it comes to marketing their universities in order to make it seem like they are the only option if a student wants to be truly successful in life. James Bruni believes in just the opposite. Throughout this book, Bruni gives
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Although it is something that many students would not consider, more often than not, it is important for students to be integrated with various types of students. Schools like Yale or Stanford are less likely to be diverse. Because they only accept around 5% of their thousands of applicants, there is normally a little diversity between these people. On the contrary, many smaller schools with higher acceptance rates will have more diverse groups of people: different races, social classes, economic classes, lifestyles, and views. In college, it is important for students to join new activities and groups in order to meet and interact with these varying types of