<p>I don’t know - and am not quite sure what to think either. You might want to read her app essay…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/us/girls-esther-essay.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/us/girls-esther-essay.html</a></p>
<p>Kentucky isn’t far from Davidson.</p>
<p>There’s a very active thread on the article and on Esther over in the CC Parents section…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=321383[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=321383</a></p>
<p>My guess is she’s a nice enough young lady who is, like most kids her age, rather sheltered and parochial in her worldview and who, also like most kids her age from privileged backgrounds and schools [and perhaps Americans in general], have been told their whole life how superior they are because of where they live and go to school. I know it was true for me at that age. </p>
<p>4 years at somewhere like DC might be very helpful and enlightening.</p>