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‘Dear Idiot, we regret to inform you …’ | Mark Patinkin ‘74 in The Providence Journal

April 22, 2008 in Uncategorized | No comments

‘Dear Idiot, we regret to inform you …’ Mark Patinkin ‘74 in The Providence Journal: “My first choice was Oberlin College, in Ohio. My whole world depended on getting accepted there.

“Decades later, I barely remember why.

“But at the time, my senior year in high school, it was all I cared about. Part of it was that my best friend planned to go there. Some other friends had gone there the previous year, including this girl I liked.

“What kind of idiot picks a college because a past semi-girlfriend went there? Me, I guess. I was an imbecile.

“But in truth, most high school students are.”