Opinion Today: How to pick a college

There’s one simple rule, and maybe not the one you’d think. 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Adding a different kind of drama, the process by which high school students bid for a spot on those campuses has gotten steadily crazier, and this year [broke down spectacularly](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wMS9vcGluaW9uL2NvbGxlZ2UtYWRtaXNzaW9ucy1hcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjI0OTAmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY1Nzc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). For all the urgency of the current crises, it’s easy to forget that colleges are first and foremost sites of academic instruction and exploration, places where callow teenagers mature — if all goes at least semi-right — into confident, educated adults ready to find their way in the world. This is the time of year when many high school students begin their search, poking around college websites, reading promotional material, talking to current students and alumni and touring campuses. [But what should they be looking for?](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy9vcGluaW9uL2J1aWxkLXlvdXItb3duLWNvbGxlZ2UtcmFua2luZ3MuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjI0OTAmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY1Nzc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) How should they sort through their options? What’s the right fit? [In a guest essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NvbGxlZ2UtY2hvaWNlLWFkbWlzc2lvbnMtd2VzbGV5YW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjI0OTAmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY1Nzc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) published Sunday, Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan University, offers an answer that defies conventional wisdom. It might make readers uncomfortable. In fact, it’s intended to. But it’s great advice for college selection — and for the life that follows, too. [Read the guest essay:](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NvbGxlZ2UtY2hvaWNlLWFkbWlzc2lvbnMtd2VzbGV5YW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjI0OTAmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY1Nzc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2NvbGxlZ2UtY2hvaWNlLWFkbWlzc2lvbnMtd2VzbGV5YW4uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjI0OTAmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY1Nzc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~ [Two people walking down a pathway on an otherwise seemingly empty college campus.] Jeremy M. Lange for The New York Times Guest Essay The Best College Is One Where You Don’t Fit In Have you heard the advice to go where you can see yourself? Ignore it. By Michael S. Roth ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0SXaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjQwNTA2JnRlPTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDUwNlcDbnl0QgpmM5zGOGa-nkq2Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) Here’s what we’re focusing on today: Editors’ Picks [Jane Coaston Getting Back to Basics on Free Speech Amid campus protests and the Trump years, free speech debates are charged. Jane Coaston interviews Greg Lukianoff about getting back to basics on the First Amendment. 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Politics is a dominance competition. Liberals have their own tradition of it — and they should embrace it. By M. 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By David French](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL21hcmpvcmllLXRheWxvci1ncmVlbmUtbWlrZS1qb2huc29uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [A black-and-white photo of Marjorie Taylor Greene, shaking her pointer finger at the camera.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL21hcmpvcmllLXRheWxvci1ncmVlbmUtbWlrZS1qb2huc29uLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Guest Essay I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta. We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see. 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By Maureen Dowd](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC10aW1lLW1hZ2F6aW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [An illustration of multiple Donald Trumps.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC10aW1lLW1hZ2F6aW5lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0SYaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDI0MDUwNiZ0ZT0xJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDZXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Nicholas Kristof One Photo That Captures the Loss in Gaza Every death of a child from the war in Gaza is a preventable tragedy. By Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2dhemEtY2hpbGQtZGVhdGhzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2dhemEtY2hpbGQtZGVhdGhzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Ross Douthat What Medical Stories Do We Trust? How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs. By Ross Douthat](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2Nocm9uaWMtaWxsbmVzcy12YWNjaW5lcy1sb25nLWNvdmlkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNC9vcGluaW9uL2Nocm9uaWMtaWxsbmVzcy12YWNjaW5lcy1sb25nLWNvdmlkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA1MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyNDkwJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2NTc3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZjOcxjhmvp5KtlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [The Opinions I’m a Doctor. I Was Unprepared When I Got This Disease. Our medical systems are not adequately equipped to diagnose tropical diseases, and in a warming climate, that’s a problem.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNi9vcGluaW9uL2Rlbmd1ZS1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMjQ5MCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjU3NzcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYznMY4Zr6eSrZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [play button] 6 MIN LISTEN [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoG0ucP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8wNi9vcGluaW9uL2Rlbmd1ZS1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMjQ5MCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjU3NzcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmYznMY4Zr6eSrZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Trump Is Rallying in New Jersey and Boasting of New States. 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