Harvard Isn't Worth It Beyond Mom's Party Chatter: Amity Shlaes

Amity Shlaes:

Anxious families awaiting April college admission news are living their own March Madness.

Their insanity is captured in Andrew Ferguson's new book, "Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College" (Simon & Schuster). He describes the vanity of a desperate mother at a cocktail party who is dying to announce her daughter's perfect SAT scores:

"'We were really surprised at how well she did,' the mother would say, running a finger around the rim of her glass of pink Zinfandel.

Her eyes plead: Ask me what they were, just please please ask."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 23, 2011 4:43 AM
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