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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If kids want to have fun in college now, apparently they should go to the University of Chicago, not Stanford. Sounds like the overbearing Stanford administrators have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and made it a substantially less happy and interesting place for students. [/quote] University of Chicago isn’t fun either. Actually none of the top 20 or so schools have students that are quirky, creative, or fun anymore, for the most part. The way admissions now works has largely eliminated the quirky smart applicants. The result is exceptionally boring and rigid college campuses. [/quote] The comment about kids at the top 20 schools being boring is an overstatement and not every top school has gone as far as Stanford in apparently trying to regulate social interactions among students. I do understand where you’re coming from. The big pushes among admissions departments were (1) diversity and (2) admitting students with a demonstrated “passion” for some activity that aligned with the communities the schools were trying to construct. So many ended up with students who were more racially and economically diverse, but more maniacally focused on building the types of resumes that would demonstrate their “passions.” In trying to reward the quirky and the creative, they unintentionally incentivized students to be even greater people-pleasers at a rather young age. It’s no surprise more of them end up suffering from “imposter syndrome” on campus because the admissions departments have sent the message that their true, less curated selves might be less welcome. [/quote] LOL nearly 40% of Harvard is legacy. [/quote]
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