{"id":359,"date":"2016-12-22T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=359"},"modified":"2016-12-22T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:43:45","slug":"debate-continues-over-extracurriculars-and-college-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/22\/debate-continues-over-extracurriculars-and-college-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Continues Over Extracurriculars and College Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happykids.jpg\" alt=\"iStock\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happykids.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/happykids-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How much sway should a student\u2019s extracurricular activities have on college admission?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a question that has been posed with increasing frequency over the last few years, and one that will likely continue to prompt discussions among families and admission professionals in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2016\/12\/ending-extracurricular-privilege\/511307\/\">a recent profile of Richard Weissbourd<\/a> published by <em>The Atlantic<\/em>, the Harvard University psychologist lays out his case for reimagining the admission process. Weissbourd helped write the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mcc.gse.harvard.edu\/files\/gse-mcc\/files\/20160120_mcc_ttt_execsummary_interactive.pdf\">Turning the Tide<\/a><\/em> report published last year and has been a longtime proponent of educational and parenting practices that emphasize the importance of nurturing compassionate children.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have elevated achievement and happiness as the chief goals of childhood and demoted caring for the collective,\u201d Weissbourd told <em>The Atlantic<\/em>. \u201cThe result is that the focus on achievement and happiness isn\u2019t making kids happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weissbourd\u2019s next report \u2014 due out in May \u2014 will include recommendations to help high schoolers and colleges opt out of the madness associated with elite college admission, a process he believes perpetuates a toxic culture among America\u2019s young people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2016\/12\/ending-extracurricular-privilege\/511307\/\">Read the full story<\/a> and share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much sway should a student\u2019s extracurricular activities have on college admission? It\u2019s a question that has been posed with increasing frequency over the last few years, and one that will likely continue to prompt discussions among families and admission professionals in the months ahead. In a recent profile of Richard Weissbourd published by The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/12\/22\/debate-continues-over-extracurriculars-and-college-admission\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Debate Continues Over Extracurriculars and College Admission<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[221,220],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-college-admission-in-the-news","tag-richard-weissbourd","tag-turning-the-tide"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-5N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}