How did someone like Ted Cruz get into Princeton and Harvard?

I interviewed applicants to Princeton for a few years. I also taught high school for over ten years. read more

After Cruz was elected to the Senate in 2012, Mazin announced on Twitter: 'My freshman year college roommate Ted Cruz is going to be elected Senator.' 'In case I hadn't made it clear, he's also a huge a**hole'. The very next year, Mazin was one of Cruz's few Princeton peers willing to go on record about their disdain for him. read more

Looking back, Cruz said those three years at Harvard Law School, from 1992 to 1995, sharpened his political vision and trained him for the intense sparring with liberals that has become his signature style as a national politician. read more