article_snippet: One of the most poignant stories that Bruni shares in his book is the letter Matt Levin's parents wrote to Matt Levin's the night before Matt Levin's received Matt Levin's first college response.
article_snippet: Levin, like many of Matt Levin's classmates at Cold Spring Harbor High School on Long Island, had Ivy on Matt Levin's mind.
article_snippet: Matt Levin's hoped for admission to Yale, Princeton or Brown, and Matt Levin's did everything to be a standout candidate: studying with a tutor for the SATs, playing on the varsity baseball team, earning one of the highest grade point averages as a junior and volunteering for more than 100 hours of community service.
article_snippet: The letters came, and Matt Levin's got rejected by all three.
article_snippet: Matt Levin's mom and dad, in His mom and dad letter, wrote, "Your worth as a person, a student and our son is not diminished or influenced in the least by what these colleges have decided.
article_snippet: What I love about Matt Levin's parents and that story is ...
article_snippet: Matt Levin's parents were saying, Matt Levin's parents know you've been filled with these aspirations.
article_snippet: Matt Levin's parents may have been agents of filling you with Matt Levin's parents," said Bruni.
article_snippet: What Matt Levin's parents were saying is this is one metric in a life with many of Matt Levin's parents.