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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was an article in The Atlantic yesterday by Rachel Shin about Yale clubs. If anyone with an account could post the text here, it would make for interesting discussion. It’s basically about how competitive it is to get into any activities there. [/quote]

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Thank you, kind person. I am not web savvy, tried a few things and gave up rather than pay for a $80 subscription.

I think many of us need to consider what will life really be like for our kids if they go somewhere like Yale with such a competitive and cutthroat atmosphere and so little mental health support. They cannot keep running all the clubs and being the best at everything when everyone is just like them.[/quote]

I'm a longer-ago grad, but there are a few things I saw in that article.  1: Performing groups always had auditions and cuts, nothing new and that improv group will probably take about four or five people total. 2: The guy running the climate group is a raging a-hole and everyone should be glad he thinks they're not good enough to talk to him (that's a skill you need to learn as well -- which jerks are so full of themselves that they deserve scorn, not chasing after them to join their group) 3. We are bringing kids into college who have always selected activities based on their status and marketability, and those habits are hard to break, and the current crop of Yalies are the most pushed and prepped of all.   There is a thread on a Yale alumni board, and so many people said "I didn't get into XYZ so I started my own group.  I wanted to do XYZ so I founded my own group."   I'm not saying it's not worse than it was in my day, but this is the time in life where you have to grow up and initiate things yourself.  Stop following the programmed track. As much as I hate this word and especially how it has been used by a certain political group, it's really appropriate here -- don't be sheeple. [/quote]

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