Cutting back on school is probably not the best answer for stressed students
Wellesley High has decided to cut back on that whole school thing so that its seniors can devote more time to non-competetive basketball and Tsunami relief efforts. The move is applauded by the Dean of admissions at MIT:
In April, Marilee Jones, dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, addressed Wellesley parents and students about the poor emotional and physical health she sees in many college applicants. Jones has spoken nationally on the issue and has even reduced the number of lines on MIT’s application for listing extracurricular activities.
”College admissions are a huge offender here. We really don’t always realize we’re offenders because we’re just trying to admit the best people,” Jones said. ”It’s very insidious how this creeps up on us.”
She applauded Wellesley’s approach. ”It’s an act of faith toward the students, but it’s just the beginning,” she said. ”We need to think about, ‘What do they need every day to be healthy?’ “
Put bluntly: Colleges want more non-Asian non-whites, but since non-Asian non-whites are reliably bad at SAT and other exam or enterance tests colleges have decided that such test aren’t reliable, instead opting for more “holistic” approaches, that is, they value accomplishments (or just plain circumstances) that have nothing to do with school or academics. Unsurprisingly, students have reacted by engaging in more non-academic activities. I’m sure it’s very painful for the marxists who run American academia to admit, but it’s a supply and demand thing.
