<p>Very true, idad, but I think someone made the point earlier that the faculty of the UofC are, so to say, the “keepers of the spirit.” I think that this is true… to a degree. If the UofC does begin to admit more and more “careerists” they will soon find out that their professors are not going to give the top grade to the person who knows the most, but to the person who learns the most. And hopefully they will adapt to that kind of thinking. However, I do not find a problem with a college student who knows what they want to do with their life, or where they want to go to grad school, etc. It is those who work for the GRADE, not for the LEARNING that I have a problem with. And they will learn, maybe not at UChicago but at least in grad school or at their first job, that the person who is rewarded is rewarded because they work the hardest and care about their activity. </p>
<p>That being said, I am also unhappy with the ACT increase because I have a 33 :(.</p>