San Diego, Senior Year (pp. 144-146) Summary

Steve begins to receive large amounts of mail from various exclusive universities. He learns he has been accepted to all of them. He is particularly interested in whether he was accepted at Harvard; because that was one accomplishment his father could not claim. Although he does not plan on attending Harvard, he is pleased to discover they have accepted his application. He then calls Allison. Allison wanted to attend Harvard, and Steve knows her grades are better than his and her application was stronger than his - he therefore assumes that since he was admitted, she will also have been admitted. Allison tells him, however, that she was rejected from Harvard several days previously. Steve then realizes that he was accepted to Harvard because of his father's fame.

San Diego, Senior Year (pp. 144-146) Analysis