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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If that is all you got from this piece - which also slams private schools, ED, middle to upper middle class parents who get their kids involved in all sorts of activities with an eye toward college admission ...[/quote]

Yes, let's attack striver so-called Tiger parents ... and not the real problem: literally 2/3s of American parents let their kids sit on their *** all day, take dummy classes, obsess over pointless sports, never read, never pursue any outside academic development or community engagement, and finish high school reading, writing and doing math at 6th-9th grade level.

...hence about 50% of kids end up failing out of college and their career prospects are dismal.[/quote]

I think there is a balance.  The kids who only practice tests and prepare for college their whole lives also have dismal career prospects as well because career,  and life in general, involves other skills.  Kids who do not pursue intellectual opportunities, on the other hand, are also limited.  I think the sweet spot is the smart kid, who does well, yet has other interests in addition to academic interests. This is the reason I abhor the overemphasis on grades and test scores.  There truly is more to life.  I think that is part of what holistic admissions is intended too capture--at least I hope so because I have a junior with great test scores and very good grades (but not perfect), who has some really interesting side pursuits and is a very deep thinker (way more than I was at her age).  I think she would make a great addition to an intellectual college community (not Ivy necessarily because I don't care about status).[/quote]

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