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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To use a non-politically correct phrase from when I was younger - at some point you might have too many Indian chiefs and not enough Indians - everyone can't be a superstar at [b]everything[/b]. So if everyone is spiky because they are "the best" at something, the campus culture gets toxic. As it is, these kids are all among the best academically.[/quote]
The idea is that everyone is spiky at [b]different [/b]things, together forming a well-rounded class.  
You got the wrong idea.[/quote]

Yes. Apologies. Thank you for correcting - that's what I meant. Everyone doesn't have to be a superstar at something. They are all academic superstars by definition. Not having another "thing" that you are a superstar at shouldn't matter. I am a very, very strong believer in the holistic application - the many posters on DCUM who scream and yell for a "merit based" system that is solely based on grades and scores drive me nuts - I wouldn't want my kid to go to a school solely populated in this way.

But you can still bring a lot to a college campus without having a spike. There is a big difference between being a "joiner" and/or doing nothing at all compared to being a superstar with a spike. Schools should be able to detect this. Many people haven't figured these things out by the time they are 17. I am honestly very suspicious of half the kids who claim that they have. I think schools should call BS for 90% of the kids who "started a club" or "found meaning in life while spending a summer in a foreign country" or half the other manufactured "spikes."[/quote]

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