<p>Okay I hate reading for no purpose but I will read if I have to for school. The people that get into IVY's do they all enjoy reading? I want to get into the top 30 schools but I feel reading is very important but I can't stand doing it. Are their a good amount of people that actually dislike reading but get into a very good university/college?</p>
<p>err if your question is that do you have to like to read to get into an IVY, than the answer is no. but i mean i can’t imagine any of them not having finished a book so they mustve forced themselves to enjoy reading lol. as for me, yea i enjoy reading novels- depends though. and textbooks? LOL.</p>
<p>Well I’ve finished plenty of books. What I meant was I will read if it has a purpose like for school. I just don’t read novels because I like reading. I actually dislike it and find it really boring.</p>
<p>^ yes it has a purpose for school, you may just not recognize it. my writing inspiration and ideas come from books themselves, so yes, it does have a purpose.</p>
<p>I love reading and couldn’t imagine disliking it. That’s a foreign concept to me. I never go anywhere without having a book with me – I feel naked without one.</p>
<p>I like reading novels for myself. As for textbooks… not really. But when I have to read my biology textbook I always read more than I am supposed to. It’s interesting :]</p>
<p>i like reading textbooks, especially the footnotes :). novels are good too. but then again i’m not applying to the ivies, well maybe one.</p>
<p>I honestly know someone who reads physics textbooks for fun. </p>
<p>I personally do not read textbooks for pleasure, but I enjoy novels on a regular basis. :')
Oh, and my top choice is Columbia.</p>
<p>Novels? Very rarely.</p>
<p>Textbooks? No.</p>
<p>But you should probably try really had to enjoy reading because it willjust make your life easier in college.</p>
<p>You have to find the right novels. People that’ll read and enjoy anything are literary whores. But if you can’t enjoy anything, than that will be a problem.</p>
<p>Some textbooks are fascinating reads; others aren’t. Like novels, they vary.</p>
<p>I absolutely love reading. I’ll read anything</p>
<p>As far as textbooks, the American Pageant is awesome
it reads like a novel</p>
<p>I like reading for no purpose. What I hate is when the school assign the lamest books to read during the summer. Spark notes is** win.**</p>
<p>I actually get what your saying. Though I do sometimes read novels, they frequently annoy me, I mostly read a crap load of nonfiction. I like authors like Malcolm Gladwell and books like Freakonomics. As for text books, I read a good part of my bio book before school started because it was fascinating, but otherwise, I definitely don’t enjoy reading text books.</p>
<p>Haha… Okay, I’m not the only who thought the American Paegant was enjoyable to read. (Just making sure I’m still sane). But I personally feel a lot of textbooks are poorly written, except American Paegant, which had more personality and substance.</p>
<p>If I’m forced to read something, chances are I’m not gonna be as open-minded. I hate being told what to do and what to read. Usually, once in a while, I’ll pick up something good to read, like a novel (that’s usually when I start feeling a little insecure about the fact that I have very little outside literary exposure).</p>
<p>Maybe not textbooks… Novels and books on science and math and stuff.</p>
<p>I enjoy reading novels. I’m not a big fan of textbooks. I’m sorry, but I’m reading/taking notes from American Pageant right now and it’s not the most exciting thing in the world:/, though it is informative:></p>
<p>I’ve read less then 15 books in the last 4 years.</p>
<p>About 3 billion books are sold in the US per year. A significant number of them are novels, and no one’s buying that many for school.</p>
<p>I sort of hate aliteracy, so I’m biased, but I love reading and couldn’t imagine not doing it. I can usually only get in about 40 per year. Some of the novels for school I enjoy, but usually not. If I know that a book I like is coming up for school, I’ll wait to read it so I don’t have to repeat. I waited a year and a half to read Crime and Punishment after getting it from a friend for Christmas. Most textbooks I don’t enjoy, but some, namely Kleiner & Mamiya, are cool. I read grammar books for fun, but I guess those aren’t textbooks.</p>
<p>^ YOU READ GRAMMAR BOOKS FOR FUN?!</p>
<p>Lmfaao. That’s cute hahahah.</p>