As a lifelong Bay Area resident, I have grown up equally daunted and thrilled by the prospect of attending an elite college. In kindergarten, I made one of my closest friends by ambitiously proclaiming that we would go to Harvard together. Although I lost a bit of my audacity in high school, gaining...
Obsession with college selectivity and prestige is a ubiquitous phenomenon. A quick surf on YouTube reveals a whole host of “college decisions reactions,” including tantalizing thumbnails with phrases like “How I Got Into MIT and Yale” or “I Made it Into the Most Selective College in the Nation.”...
Jessica Zang, Features Editor and Assistant Business Manager
• February 15, 2022
Higher education is often hailed as the pinnacle of the American dream. As long as you study hard and get good grades, you, too, can get into the college of your choice and receive an education that will set you up for life. America has no shortage of elite institutions, from the notorious Ivy League...
One of the most debated propositions on this year’s ballot is Proposition 16, an amendment that aims to repeal Proposition 209. Proposition 209 states that discrimination or preferential treatment for college admissions on the basis of race, color, ethnicity or national origin is unconstitutional....
