Archive for March 21st, 2008

Well-rounded Students Need Not Apply

In Naomi Schaefer Riley’s January 2008 Wall Street Journal article A Desperate Need for Acceptance, she makes the point with Michele Hernandez’s advice in Acing the College Application that colleges don’t want well-rounded students—ones who captain athletic teams, who get all A’s, or who are leaders in high school activities. They want a well-rounded freshman […]