The Wall Street Journal | How to Get Into Harvard

The Wall Street Journal takes a look at where students at  “eight highly selective colleges” went to high school.  Phillips Academy in Andover sent 19 of its students to Harvard this year – a college that accepted only 9% of its 23,000 applicants last year.  It’s a numbers game for sure -  one with dollar signs in front of them.

The New York Times |  Putting on Weight For Football Glory

The New York Times reports on the rise of the 300-pound high school football player – once a rarity and now, with the rise in childhood obesity, dangerously common.  A more “businesslike and pressure-filled” approach to high school football only compounds the competitive necessity of gaining weight even though only 6 percent of high school seniors go on to play in college.  The health risks are more or less beyond dispute; what’s most contentious are the calls for a national weight limit for players.