Second Opinion - loading up on AP's is not the winning ticket

mountainhiker
Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:01:38 +0000

Great article, @Exie. Thanks for posting it.

I think this quote in particular should be required reading for all future applicants, because I believe it applies to prep school admissions as much as it does to college admissions:



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A residential college experience is about the education of the whole person. And so the essence of what colleges want is for students to be engaged in whatever they are doing. We don’t want students who do things because they have to, or because they think it will look good on their r