ambitious. Why is it that the majority
of these successful applicants, who
were winners and did all the right
things up to the time they applied to
graduate school, become so
unimpressive after they are trained?
Are we failing the students, or are the
students failing us?The answer, of course, is neither. No
one is failing anyone. It’s just that the
very thing that makes elite schools such
wonderful places for those at the top
makes them very difficult places for
everyone else. This is just another
version of what happened to Caroline
Sacks. The Big Pond takes really bright