My Swarthmore College years began with
Time Magazine saying I shouldn't have been admitted.
-- J. I. Nelson, Ph.D.

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"Thousands of youngsters could ask:  Why was I accepted or rejected?  
The decisions often seemed downright whimsical.  
At McLean (Va.) High School, David Stanley, 18, top boy in his  class, was turned down by Swarthmore,
which accepted Jerry Nelson, 16, whose grades were mediocre."
--TIME, 23 May 1960, p. 44.
(bottom of 1st column)

 





David and I met again 50 years later at our high school reunion.
We have both had long academic careers with many publications.
I never subscribed to Time.





--jerry

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