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[quote=Anonymous][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 who are best suited to being followers and should therefore attend other colleges.[/quote]

I haven't followed most of this thread, but I know plenty of introverts that are leaders.  Usually, the captain of the robotics team or other STEM or academic clubs are introverts.  [/quote]

lol this is made-up nonsense that nerds are forced to do just so they can pretend they have some "leadership" experience. We all know (and AOs know) that president of the chess club or captain of the robotics team is a total joke.[/quote]

Do you have any understanding of what a FRC robotics entails?  At my kids school it’s 80 kids, with electronics, mechanical, CAD, programming etc subteams, all of which have to coordinate to build a robot that can do things like traverse parallel bars 2 Meters above ground and accurately shoot basketballs from no stationary/fixed positions.  There is a marketing subteam, an outreach coordinator with who leads a team working with other schools to schedule pre-season scrimmages, share ideas  and hold competitions for the younger kids (and outreach factors into overall scoring), and on and on. Kid run with outside mentors available, but not to do the work.  There is travel all over the DMV and to nationals in Detroit.  Money and sponsorships for not cheap robots and travel raised by the team.  During robotics season, it’s more hours per week than kid who marched for a state winning band put in. Which is saying something.

And the Leadership team has to coordinate all this. CAD can’t design and print a part until the team decides what is needed. Etc.

You clearly know nothing about FIRST  (ES/MS) and FRC/FTC ( HS).

Educate yourself, or at least watch some videos about what these HS FRC teams are doing (or at least watch some YouTube videos and follow some insta accounts) . Its very much  a team sport. [/quote]

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