"College was a bottleneck through which all your future prospects passed; everything would be better if you went to a better college."
"The unfortunate thing is not just that people are judged by such a superficial test, but that so many judge themselves by it."
"What matters is what you make of yourself. I think that's what we should tell kids. Their job isn't to get good grades so they can get into a good college, but to learn and do. And not just because that's more rewarding than worldly success. That will increasingly be the route to worldly success."
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