Over the last few years, voices from various arenas have begun to complain that increased competition in the college admissions process has become too stressful, too focused on getting into the “right” college, and overly focused on personal success.
A recent report by Harvard’s Making Caring Common, called “Turning the Tide,” was written after it conducted a survey of 10,000 middle and high school students and found that only 22 percent ranked “caring for others” as more important than their own personal success and happiness.
