US: Student writes essay to explain why he turned down Harvard
Kevin Cao, a high school senior from Virginia in the US, has done what many people would consider the unthinkable – turning down a place not only atHarvard University, but also at Princeton, Brown, and Stanford to take a place at his home state’s flagship University of Virginia (though at 126th in the QS World University Rankings, it’s hardly to be sniffed at). But rather than leave the world mystified at his decision, he wrote a public essay (which has since been made private) explaining it. Harvard, he writes, was his dream school, but a visit there left him feeling disenchanted as he found the atmosphere ‘pretentious’, reports The Fairfax Times. At the University of Virginia, however, he said he felt happy, and that he explained, is what really matters. A thoroughly wise young man, we think. He is attending the university as Jefferson Scholar, meaning that he will receive free tuition and several other perks.
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