College is stressful for the majority- managing your time, then balancing out tests, quizzes, extracurriculars, projects, etc. The word itself creates mixed emotions of the unknown. From early on, it’s viewed as an exciting chapter in life until you reach the age of decision making, identifying your necessities, filling out applications, writing admission essays, and anticipating the possible letter of acceptance or rejection. In 2016, the book, Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be by Frank Bruni, an American journalist, gives a new perspective on a brutal and deeply flawed competitive path. He wrote the book after constantly hearing frantic conversations over where to attend college. His intended audience is adolescents and adults who are turning college into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process. In Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, Bruni uses a reassuring tone by including
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Although the book was informational, it was more of a chance to learn and reflect. The book is well worth the read and doesn’t fail to get its message across.
In conclusion, Bruni’s compassion for the students broadens the conversation, making it slightly saner, and helping parents maintain perspective. People in this generation are overly concerned about college and believe the better the college, the more success you will receive. “For one striver, Dartmouth. For another, Fordham. In both cases, a bright future and meaningful life, because in all cases, it’s as much the person as it is the path.” (246) In Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, Frank Bruni emphasizes the true value that it’s all about finding where you belong and what you make out of your life.
“College is a singular opportunity to rummage through and luxuriate in ideas, to give your brain a vigorous workout and your soul a thorough investigation, to realize how very large the world is and to contemplate your desired place in
Although the book was informational, it was more of a chance to learn and reflect. The book is well worth the read and doesn’t fail to get its message across.
In conclusion, Bruni’s compassion for the students broadens the conversation, making it slightly saner, and helping parents maintain perspective. People in this generation are overly concerned about college and believe the better the college, the more success you will receive. “For one striver, Dartmouth. For another, Fordham. In both cases, a bright future and meaningful life, because in all cases, it’s as much the person as it is the path.” (246) In Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, Frank Bruni emphasizes the true value that it’s all about finding where you belong and what you make out of your life.
“College is a singular opportunity to rummage through and luxuriate in ideas, to give your brain a vigorous workout and your soul a thorough investigation, to realize how very large the world is and to contemplate your desired place in