I hope you’ll excuse one moment of stupid, annoying alma mater pride: Woo hoo! It’s a dumb, vaguely offensive competition, I know. But it’s better to win than to lose.
Over the years, I’ve done admissions interviews for four high school seniors who have applied to Yale (a la this story I wrote in February). Not a one has gotten in. Then again, I suppose if the acceptance rate is 9.9 percent, I’d need to interview six more kids just to get the odds of an acceptance in my favor.