[seanmcdirmid]

A lot of schools these days weed out at the application level: if you have a great portfolio from middle school through high school, great! You have it made.

I sort of like the change to redeem yourself during the first two years of your university if you didn't have the ideal secondary school experience to get into a hot department of a hot university. CC can do that as well, I guess, but it is a much harder hill to climb.