Interest Surges in Top Colleges, While Struggling Ones Scrape for Applicants

By artappraiser on Sat, 02/20/2021 - 8:03pm |

surprising that so many are not willing to let go of that "prestigious degree" thing after all that has happened:

More than 100,000 students applied to @nyuniversity this year, the first time that's happened at any US university. https://t.co/PlDVH04kS4
— Eric Klinenberg (@EricKlinenberg) February 21, 2021

URL:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/us/colleges-covid-applicants.html?smid=tw-share

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1/Here's a Substack post about the Ivy Leagues, and our unhealthy obsession with them, and what that says about our society.https://t.co/rMov04YF8q
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) February 23, 2021