On March 30th, Ben Casselman blew up a Facebook group I’m a part of with about 10,000 members in it, all of them college admissions professionals in one way or another, high schcool, college, independent consultants, all of ’em. He blew it up with an article titled: “Shut Up About Harvard.” The premise of the article is that the “frenzy” and “panic” around getting into college is driven by the idea that only the most selective colleges matter, and that those are impossible to get into and you might as well die trying. It’s a topic close to the hearts of everyone trying to help high school kids figure out where to place their energy (emotional included), and needless to say, I’ve got a lot of questions for him.
To show you how popular his article was in this particular Facebook group, here’s a message from the group’s admin to spell that out:
