<p>So we were given book awards today... of the group, the two girls were given the ones from women's colleges, while the guys got "normal college" awards from Harvard, Brown, Colgate, etc. I ended up with Smith's book award and my friend with Chatham's. I feel a little bit cheated (by every quantitative measure and many qualitative ones, I am every bit as deserving as, if not more deserving than, the male winners of Harvard, Brown, etc) and while I respect Smith, I don't plan to apply there... and it's not considered as "prestigious" as the others.</p>
<p>SO, the mere existence of female colleges has become a disadvantage for girls in my school. I only hope that this is all worthless and I have no reason to worry. But do book awards count for much as far as their "relative" worth? I do hope not... the winner of the Harvard award and I will both be applying Early Action to Harvard next year. =X</p>