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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Applying to colleges should not be as stressful as it has become. Colleges shouldn’t be as expensive as they are now. High school students shouldn’t be expected to win national awards, present themselves as prodigies, professional athletes etc. They are just teens beginning their lives. They might not know what they want to do in college and yet they already expected to have achieved so much success in various fields. Its insane! They should instead be allowed to make mistakes and learn from them, which in the current system is not allowed. Imagine the stress when KIDS are not allowed to make mistakes. Cause one mistake (one B or C) can mean no chance at the elite schools. 
Then we wonder why our kids are anxious and stressed.[/quote]

+ 1000. Get rid of the whole industry that enables this with coaches, consultants, tutors. [/quote]

I agree that a lot is broken, including inconsistent educational standards nationally, a teacher shortage, a bureaucratic and corrupt testing system etc etc.

For admissions, I think that there should be a federal requirement for all accredited schools to participate in the common data set disclosures, and update them within a specified timeframe, and I believe each round should be required to disclosed with admission stats. (ED1, ed2, etc) The greater the transparency, the less likely schools can play games and the better informed the applicant. It's appalling that  T25 schools fail to participate in the process, hide round numbers, and/or are years behind in disclosing the data.
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I agree with this as well. [/quote]

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