ABSTRACT
For the graduating class of 2023, more than two years of high school has been impacted by the COViD-19 pandemic and the accompanying virtual learning, uncertainty, anxiety, and concerns about their own health or the health of family members. According to the college admissions consulting firm College Transitions, there are 31 colleges and universities listed as the "most selective," institutions that accept fewer than 15 percent of all applicants. There were eleven million applications filed the year Steinberg wrote his book even though there were essentially the same number of high school graduates. DeHaemers: When I was reading your book, I was thinking about how many institutions in the country are not the top-flight, elite, or selective institutions upon which you focus in the book.