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Hey, author of the article here.
I actually think it'd be probably net-positive if we had people trying to go lots of different routes to differentiate themselves. This seems like the sort of positive competition that leads to good externalities. (There's an example somewhere where Luke and Scott got into an arms race for writing good articles...)
Anyway, I'm interpreting the above to say that...students at Irvington should go to community college, which will have net benefits in the long run? Not 100% sure I'm parsing the second half of your third paragraph.
Thank you for the reply. I'll rephrase.
I assess that the following statements are true, please correct me if I am wrong:
-Based on your writing samples, you personally are probably capable of handling the academic workload at a high prestige college.
-You are typical in terms of ability in comparison to your peer group
-Race and geographic location may be working against you and your peers in your admissions process
-You and your peers will find yourselves scattered to the four winds attending less prestigious universities that you're not particularly happy w...