Quote by William Deresiewicz

“But it’s not perfect. The GPA does not reflect the difficulty of the courses that different students may have taken.”

— Charles Wheelan

“Colleges are supposed to be the calm environment in which educated men and women determine what’s true and what’s false, and where they learn…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“It is somewhat ironic to have us so deeply disturbed over a program where race is an element of consciousness, and yet to be…

— Harry A. Blackmun

“Get the Girl," he demanded. "She knows too much!" Dammit. Why did people keep presuming that, and if it was true, why the hell…

— Shannon Delany

“Don't Dare take your college as a matter of course- because like freedom and democracy, many people you'll never know anything about have broken…

— Alice Duer Miller BC 1889

“It is somewhat ironic to have us so deeply disturbed over a program where race is an element of consciousness, and yet to be…

— Derrick Bell

“College had once been my greatest aspiration; it stood for everything my mother did not—intellectualism, feminism, freedom. But being kidnapped had given me plenty…

— Nenia Campbell

“College is not about being top of your class or getting high grades, it's about surviving your course.”

— Mister Banatero

“The really significant education in thinking that we're supposed to get at a [liberal arts college] isn't really about the capacity to think but,…

— David Foster Wallace

“That would make a fantastic college entrance essay. ‘I Killed My Boyfriend and Still Managed to Maintain a 4.2 GPA and the Lead in…

— Robin Benway

“It's not just college grades that fall in a curve. Human decency is bell-shaped, with some of us slopping over the edges. Saints on…

— Alex Adams

“We talked about who we liked in the University, but more time was spent mulling over who we didn’t like, and why, and what…

— Patrick Rothfuss