Bruni's Our Crazy College Crossroads mainly appeals to pathos while describing the self worth of these high students who are applying to colleges and not getting in. "This is for them" ,Bruni writes. This is the topic, that I have seen Bruni, get the most passionate about. At the end of the article, he even throws in a little personal experience about a high school senior he knows, not getting into a few Ivy League schools she applied for. He describes how awful it makes these 17-year-olds about their future. He explains how teenagers think that if they do not get a degree from a Ivy League school, they will not have as many job opportunities as someone who has degree from one of these colleges.