I'm a college dropout who loves to learn, and that's why I really enjoy books discussing the screwed up college system. I picked up this book because it was recommended by another author I respect, and this was a great book. Deresiewicz teaches at an ivy league school and discusses how these schools are doing a disservice for their students, and what's worse is that they deny the underprivileged the opportunity to get this type of education. Once again, it all comes back to the myth of meritocracy. While this book did get a little boring and repetitive in the middle, I binged the last few chapters because they were so well done.