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Devil's advocate: I'd argue that you not eating out, getting socialized, and traveling actually made you less of a well-rounded individual and you probably sho

Devil's advocate: I'd argue that you not eating out, getting socialized, and traveling actually made you less of a well-rounded individual and you probably should be penalized for those things. Colleges need diversity. They don't need the same kind of kid replicated 10,000 times. Racquetball, violin, AP calculus does not an interesting campus make.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
I would need some very heavy proof that traveling (aka vacations where you instagram breakfast with a view) and eating at restaurants makes someone a well rounded individual, not to mention someone who “adds” to an educational institute. I would put my chips on someone who has at least proven themselves academically.
- serf 7y ago
  >I would put my chips on someone who has at least proven themselves academically. everyone seems to be conflating academics with person-building in this thread. Why don't these same people seem to have any problem with non-academic scholarships? Here's the grand reason why it's a good idea to make schools mixing-pots : You can expose the really effective students to ideas and concepts that they may have never experienced, which they may use more constructively than other individuals. In other words : Colleges need people that create the idea of Napster , but they also need the folks that can implement it. Both groups are only marginally effective without the other. Similar line of philosophical questioning : 'Why do managers exist?'
dba7dba 7y ago
Now THAT is racist attitude against asian-americans (well the stereo typical asian). So how about kids from single parent family or poor neighborhoods who cannot eat out and/or cannot travel because of lack of money? Are they less rounded kids too? Just because you are asian and do 'Racquetball, violin, AP calculus' doesn't make one asian same as the next asian. How damn racist of you.
s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
College isn't supposed to be a theme park. It's supposed to be an institution of higher learning.
googlemike 7y ago
Why do they need diversity?
- serf 7y ago
  presumably due to the same reason that it's found biologically -- if you only have a hammer you'll find yourself caught with your pants down when you need to tighten a bolt. Homogeneity can traditionally be attacked by exploiting a vector that the entire crowd is weak towards. Randomness helps to solve this problem on a macro level by varying the crowds weaknesses and strengths from individual to individual.
xmprt 7y ago
We got it all wrong folks. We should be giving priority to the children of millionaires who are diverse because they had the opportunity to go on vacation every summer/winter break.
brighton36 7y ago
Why do colleges need diversity? Don't we want want more specialists coming out of these institutions?

lotsofpulp 7y ago

I would need some very heavy proof that traveling (aka vacations where you instagram breakfast with a view) and eating at restaurants makes someone a well rounded individual, not to mention someone who “adds” to an educational institute. I would put my chips on someone who has at least proven themselves academically.

serf 7y ago
>I would put my chips on someone who has at least proven themselves academically. everyone seems to be conflating academics with person-building in this thread. Why don't these same people seem to have any problem with non-academic scholarships? Here's the grand reason why it's a good idea to make schools mixing-pots : You can expose the really effective students to ideas and concepts that they may have never experienced, which they may use more constructively than other individuals. In other words : Colleges need people that create the idea of Napster , but they also need the folks that can implement it. Both groups are only marginally effective without the other. Similar line of philosophical questioning : 'Why do managers exist?'

dba7dba 7y ago

Now THAT is racist attitude against asian-americans (well the stereo typical asian). So how about kids from single parent family or poor neighborhoods who cannot eat out and/or cannot travel because of lack of money? Are they less rounded kids too? Just because you are asian and do 'Racquetball, violin, AP calculus' doesn't make one asian same as the next asian. How damn racist of you.

s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago

College isn't supposed to be a theme park. It's supposed to be an institution of higher learning.

googlemike 7y ago

Why do they need diversity?

serf 7y ago
presumably due to the same reason that it's found biologically -- if you only have a hammer you'll find yourself caught with your pants down when you need to tighten a bolt. Homogeneity can traditionally be attacked by exploiting a vector that the entire crowd is weak towards. Randomness helps to solve this problem on a macro level by varying the crowds weaknesses and strengths from individual to individual.

xmprt 7y ago

We got it all wrong folks. We should be giving priority to the children of millionaires who are diverse because they had the opportunity to go on vacation every summer/winter break.

brighton36 7y ago

Why do colleges need diversity? Don't we want want more specialists coming out of these institutions?