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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another way to look at it is that colleges want students who are independent critical thinkers. If your child is heavily involved in an activity but you can’t find any way to spin that into an example of leadership, then they’re probably doing little more than simply showing up and doing what they’re told. It’s your child is truly engaged/invested in an activity, surely at some point they’ve thought to themselves that X might be a better way to do something, or Y could be a great addition to what they’re already doing. If your child isn’t even doing that, what are they going to contribute to the college community other than filling a seat?[/quote] I don't think they do. They want kids who'll regurgitate the professor's views back to them and feed their egos. But colleges sure do talk a big game about "leadership" because it's a nebulous enough concept that they can use to justify discrimination in their application process.[/quote]
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