There was a story in today's local paper that to me defines what's wrong with journalism. It's about admissions to Ivy League schools. And the article was just chock full of inconsistencies and just plain wrong, bad information. So here's what I wrote to the editor.

I’ve never read an article as incoherent as the one you printed concerning admissions at Ivy League Schools. One paragraph tells us that “fewer kids are applying and few kids are getting in,” and a couple of paragraphs later we’re told that “They’re not increasing the size of their freshman class, but their applicant pool is increasing.” So which is it, fewer kids applying or an increasing applicant pool? I believe the numbers concerning the dropping admissions rates, and using the magic or arithmetic conclude that it’s the latter that’s correct: more applicants, but the same number of admissions means a lower acceptance rate.

When not incoherent, the article is incorrect in its information. Yes those Ivy schools are expensive, and the sticker price is a shock. But how can the cost mean that fewer people are applying when “their applicant pool is increasing”? One reason for the increase is that what you say about financial aid is just wrong. At Harvard, for instance, students whose household income is under 65,000 pay nothing at all.

The statement that all financial aid is merit based is equally wrong. All students who go to Harvard or Yale have merit. If they didn’t they wouldn’t get in. Here’s what Harvard has to say about its financial aid policy: “Financial aid is available to all students based on assessed need.” Not a word about merit.

Not really trying to defend the cost of colleges, which is really an outrage--but at least get the facts right!

If you want to see inconsistency, redundancy, and 7th C- level writing skills, spend a few days reading the Dayton Daly News.

Is that the new Weekly Reader, Steve ?

Newspapers (hardcopy) are dying anyway.. (I thought that was going to be the post message.)
Those that transcend to the net will survive- those that don't will perish. Except for the big columnists, the rest are paid peanuts... so ya gets what yas pay fur !!

Youse guyes done be lucky cause da local rag hear hires reporters right off da streets ...with no experience in righting except maybe a letter home onct in a while
and there stuff due gets published...interesting to note the daily is now down to one sheet...four pages...each day..where be da editors to at least spell check onct in a while

I dropped our home delivery ... erratic... and now get news on line and from TV..

besides the Tyler rag is all "Fox news-like" !! waste of good $$ !!

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No home delivery of our local rag anymore.They snail mail it! I subscribed to e edition. It is a .pdf and I love reading it on my iMac. Make it large type, copy stuff, search the pages, etc.

The guy with the yellow funky wig that said he was going to prove Obama wasn't born in the U.S. is thinking about buying the NY Times. I think I read that on line someplace. Can't think of his name. He has Casinos here and there. Has a TV show where he fires people. Cheese! I can't keep typing until his name comes to me. I hate this aging process.;)

Why anyone would want to buy a newspaper now, I can't imagine. That guy even lost some of his casino/hotels.


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IMO,

I heard from other sources , that colleges were going with the cash paying (foreign exchange) students the Chinese, Korean, Japanese nationals <-- thats where the real money is. They pay cash up front and don't carry guns.

What ya hearing is the minor 10% by state or federal law for local grown pups ?
That increasing applicant pool maybe is just for that requirement ?

DONALD TRUMP