Reflections on "Excellent Sheep" by William Deresiewicz

Am I a sheep?

I read Excellent Sheep as I was starting the college application process. This book had a significant impact on the schools I decided to apply to and changed the way I think about a college education. Excellent Sheep is a critique of the American college application process and of elite educational institutions as a whole. Deresiewicz himself graduated from Columbia University, an Ivy League school, and taught English at Yale, another Ivy League institution. However, the problem Deresiewicz highlights is the failure of top schools to generate independent and curious thinkers. Instead,…

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