“It’s capitalism gone nuts, but it’s also absolute socialism because everyone is born with the same number of points,” says Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy.
So somehow you prepare your teen to win the college admissions competition, get into a good college of their choice. And somehow you’ve figured out how to cover the costs. Now the real competition begins. Apparently once a course becomes popular, everyone wants in and there’s not enough room, who knew??
College decisions and choices could be be less conscious choice than like catching a virus, see the “behavioral contagion” of romance (happy Valentine’s Day to all) and the “social contagion” of falling in — and then out of — love with the hotly contested Best In Show at Westminster?
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