Thus the Financial Times today. “The dream of escaping Loserville and meeting Miss Perfect has been shattered by nerdy needs,” explains the newspaper. Nicely put. Very nicely. The theme of higher education’s drooping prospects is in the news as of late, but I do not remember seeing it phrased as aptly as in this case. As vividly, that is. What next, though? This question is rarely addressed, and the article in question is hardly a surprise in this regard. Simply put, Loserville has become the only choice to the many. And Miss Perfect has turned into a mere pipedream. Meritocracy of old is as good as dead by now. Concerning nerdy needs, Winnerville has become the stuff of television series only. But the series now come from countries such as Mexico and Turkey. Strangely enough, this is where college life is still in the limelight. And Miss Perfect is reigning supreme.