David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

World Report, Brown routinely places
among the top ten or twenty colleges in
the United States. The University of
Maryland finishes much farther back in
the pack.
But let’s think about Caroline’s
decision in the same way the
Impressionists thought about the Salon.
What the Impressionists understood, in
their endless debates at the Café
Guerbois, was that the choice between
the Salon and a solo show wasn’t a
simple case of a best option and a
second-best option. It was a choice
between two very different options,
each with its own strengths and
drawbacks.
The Salon was a lot like an Ivy