Don F. Odell, 17, is one of the ablest scholars ever produced at Denver's big East High School, with College Board scores that put him in the nation's top 2%. Out of a possible 800, average scores are around 500. Odell's were:
Verbal Aptitude 724
Math Aptitude 747
English Achievement 764
Spanish Achievement 779
Advanced Math Achievement 800
With optimism, Don applied for admission to Swarthmore ("I think it offers more opportunity for independent study in philosophy, and I would like very much to teach philosophy in college"). In a terse letter, Swarthmore rejected him, as usual giving no reason. Though he now expects to go...
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