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There's No Such Thing As A Perfect College

There's No Such Thing As A Perfect College

But there are plenty of great colleges

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Wendy
Oct 12, 2022
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One of things that frequently strikes me as problematic about the whole college search thing is how people talk about choosing a school in with the same language as trying to find a life partner. Students are told that they’ll “just know” when they find the right school. It will just “click”, it will “feel right” when they’ve have found the “perfect sch…

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