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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless your kid’s transcript and resume indicate a strong interest (I.e. entire high school career) in the humanities, this will not work.  Colleges well aware of this trick.[/quote]

It does. We’re good. [/quote]

Let's be real these colleges are not preparing students for the real world which is not humanities [/quote]

What a narrow-minded perspective. The humanities are essential for critical thinking. College is not vocational training, and some things can't be quantified in terms of ROI. [/quote]

THIS. And of course STEM requires critical thinking too, or at least it does at top schools where even the most technical majors have classes centered on the thinking behind the problem solving, in addition to the current technology, because top colleges are not vocational even in stem. Technology is used by all majors at every college ours is applying to (only highly selective), but technology changes: top schools teach how to think and analyze, and of course that includes in humanities. 
And no I am not a humanities person I am an MD-phD who went to a top undergrad & grad. Both institutions emphasized thinking for all majors and still do. [/quote]

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