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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re not missing anything. It’s this bizarre overhyped, overly competitive nonsense where kids think that their life is ruined if they don’t get into THE club. It can be really easy for some to fall into the trap that there’s only space for a few prestigious clubs and that nothing else matters. It’s these kids that are missing it.

They haven’t spoken to actual alums or hiring firms that don’t care about these clubs.

—parent of a Cornell student who thankfully has not engaged in this. Already has a great internship lined up for the summer. And she is in clubs that she enjoys and are not hyper competitive.

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Substitute “colleges” for “clubs” and you have DCUM in a nutshell. This kind of club culture exists because our children have been listening to us. [/quote]

And it's ridiculous.

My kid is at a school where 95% of the activities anyone can join.  Some require an audition.  For example: there are 3-4 dance groups that anyone can join and be assigned to several groups each semester.  There is also 1 or 2 "elite" dance groups that are audition only and a bit more competitive.  Well my kid had 5 different dance pieces to be a part of fall of freshman year (yeah they didn't make the elite one) and built tons of friends from there.  
The only other audition ones are some music groups (school has a top ranked music school), but there are a band and orchestra for anyone who wants to join as well (that most non majors end up in).  And for most club sports, it's the same.  there is an elite team based on skill but several "lower level groups" for anyone who wants to play lacrosse/field hockey/soccer/etc.

Same is true for the business clubs...except no auditions for those...anyone can join as long as they attend as required (dont' get to be in the elite finance club and never attend)

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