Getting In
May 05, 2007 By: almostgotit Category: business, education, parenting, writers, talent, Malcolm Gladwell, Marilee JonesI promise not to mention Marilee Jones any more but this once. I was very pleased today, however, to have been able to unearth an online copy of one of my all-time favorite essays by one of my all-time favorite essayists. Here it is, from the October 2005 New Yorker Magazine: Getting in: the social logic of Ivy League admissions, by Malcolm Gladwell.
What is talent? What REALLY makes people economically successful? How much does “being smart” matter in business, let alone in the general scheme of things? And who decides and unlocks the gates for us?
I’ve added some related links (see right) which you may be interested in reading, too, especially if you have children (as I do) heading to college soon. Enjoy!
N.B.: Once today’s links have expired, you can always find them in my “del.icio.us” archive by clicking directly on the ”del.icio.us” links headline, or by clicking here.
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