I agree with this too. I think OP is getting at the fact that a lot of people into studies are not as social and fun loving. This is very true. But they are usually more creative. Just not as spontaneous. Many are extraverted and conversational but the conversations are different. Honestly many of the lower level colleges have kids that are more fun bu4 they all say the same things. I have high school and college friends who weren't into school and their posts even have the same exact wording from friend to friend and post to post. They are fun in that they like to laugh but I wouldn't say creative or more interesting. |
+1000 |
| This conversation makes me think of the movie Booksmart, where two high school friends realize at the end of senior year that they haven’t had any fun at all because they’ve worked so hard to get into top colleges. There’s a funny scene where they realize that a bunch of goof-offs who they assume are heading to community college actually have impressive plans of their own, and one of the characters says “we care about school, it’s just not the only thing we care about.” |
This is sad for the kids. They haven’t even had the stress of the career workforce yet. |
Your daughter is likely the exception. Majority like it: https://tableau.stanford.edu/t/IRDS/views/SeniorSurveyPublicDashboards/SeniorSurveyResults?%3Aembed=y&%3Atoolbar=n |
| There are interesting, curious, kind, fun people. And then there are types like OP. |
I think this supports that poster's point. If most students are uber-competitive grinder types, then it follows that they would like their school if that's the dominant ethos. |
Yes, but don’t you see: these are the conformists who have allowed themselves to be so packaged. By definition, they are not as brilliant and interesting as the non-conformists you never interview. |
Whether they liked it is irrelevant. Question is whether they are interesting people. |
iPhones/SM. Read “the anxious generation” eye-opening the damage they have done to a generation. |
I think it's the opposite. Top schools look for future leaders, innovators, peopel who will shake things up. I have never met more interesting people than in my four years at HYP. |
yeah i do if ppl make ignorant comments based on taking a quick tour. so clueless. |
Yup. Sounds pretty lame to me. If OP's kids think these students are "boring," it sounds like her kids just don't have much intellectual curiosity. So, more likely it's kids like OP's that "embrace dullness." Also, OP really thinks she got a handle on all the students from just browsing the campus? Yes, it sounds like these schools are not the best fit. |
Yeah, my kid is at Brown, and her friends are so creative, intelligent and motivated. And, so diverse in talents and experiences. It's been a fantastic educational experience. |
"Endless monotone?" Huh? You clearly don't know these colleges (hint, they are all different), their admissions criteria, or even girls! |