Would you rather be the smartest person in an average school or the middle student at the smartest school?
Malcolm Gladwell’s book David and Goliath has a wealth of wisdom about how to approach college admissions sanely.
Megan shares key insights from reading this book, and turns them into an interesting list of tips for families about how to choose the right college for you. Specifically she and Gretchen talk about:
- the need for legitimacy and why that’s a good thing
- research that shows why dyslexic students may be better of in some regards than neuro-typical students
- how to support kids who encounter challenges without breaking their spirits
- why, in the college admissions process, it isn’t always better to choose “more”
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