Word: bronwyn
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...Best Colleges, compare institutions on the basis of reputation and resources. But guidance counselors discourage reliance on such rankings, because they feel the criteria are irrelevant and the impact on students can be demeaning. "I don't see a lot of difference between No. 1 and No. 20," says Bronwyn Rhoades, an English teacher and academic adviser at Mendocino High School in California. "But kids who don't get into the highest-ranked schools feel ashamed. Even if they get into really wonderful schools, they feel as if their education will be second rate--and that they are second rate...