A consortium led by the two universities that likely bear the nation’s largest share of responsibility for application angst — Harvard and Yale — says it’s determined to dial down the stress in college admissions. The “Turning the Tide” movement says that colleges and universities should put more value on an applicant’s ethical character and concern for others and less on individual performance and achievements. Member schools, which include Ohio’s Kenyon College, Denison and Ohio Wesleyan universities and the College of Wooster, say they’re not interested in long “brag sheets” and lists of community-service projects. They want to hear what applicants really think about issues important to them. They want to see community service that the applicant cared about and stuck with, even if it’s only one or two examples. They want to give credit to applicants who couldn’t help build schools in Haiti or take 10 AP classes because they were working at McDonald’s to help support their families. -Bill Bush and Mary Mogan Edwards, Columbus Dispatch, Read More
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