Boston Globe: College applications can be too good

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<p>After reading this article, I thought, “Now the good writers are going to be punished?” On one hand, every senior is told to spend weeks/months tweaking their essays and when they do, they may be penalized for it?<<</p>
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<p>Yeah, sort of a literary Tufts Syndrome –> “You write too well to attend school here” - with a tacit accusation of fraud thrown in.</p>