<p>In the demographic group that would be likely alumni interviewers (i.e., college educated professionals), by their 30s and 40s many of them will have begun raising families, and they will have advanced in their careers to positions of greater responsibility than they had when they were 22 or 24. They’ll have more demanding work, plus homework to supervise, kids’ music lessons, travel soccer, Halloween costumes to make or buy, etc., etc. </p>
<p>There’s no way young adults in their twenties are, on average, busier than working parents of 6- to 18-year-olds!</p>
<p>(But, yes, I do see that napalm’s profile lists Jan. 10, 1910, as his or her date of birth. Perhaps napalm got held back a lot in elementary school?)</p>