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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it can go either way. My introverted eldest was very driven and had tons of leadership positions in his passion fields - he also had his own business and teachers loved him because he was so smart.  His resume going to college was near perfect.  My next one getting ready to apply next year is an extrovert but just likes to hang with friends and chill. Dare I say a touch lazy?  So, it depends.[/quote]

Enough with the "WAAAAHHHH I'm an introvert nonsense"[/quote]

Okay, just ignore the tons of documentation about how society is biased against introverts.
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Society is only biased in favor of extroverts when it is a question of deciding who should be a leader for the simple reason that introverts are bad at it.

Society has no bias against introverts in follower positions. Introverts can have perfectly successful and satisfying lives getting the work done under the direction of extroverts.[/quote]

We’re having this discussion in a forum about college admissions being biased. Not the jobs and careers forum.[/quote]

I responded directly to a comment that talked about "society". And in any event, it is still relevant because elite colleges seek to select future leaders, and therefore they have a bias against introverts [b]who are best suited to being followers[/b] and should therefore attend other colleges.[/quote]
I find this very interesting. In my experience, introverts are far more likely than extroverts to be non-conformists; extroverts are more likely to be followers. It is the introvert member of a working group who is most likely to have a different perspective — and is more likely the type to say “no” to a person not used to being disagreed with. Any group needs both to function well. Any college too.[/quote]

Agree with all of this. But most teenagers would struggle to articulate this point and the bias in "leadership" qualities and rec letters is very real. My academically stellar very shy kid has a teacher who marks down any presentation they do not based on content but on the performance aspect.[/quote]

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