Kids have too much homework! Hasn’t this argument been around forever?

[Pleonast]

Not to junior mod or anything, but I’ve started a thread

How *should* college admissions work?

Continuing the discussion from Kids have too much homework! Hasn’t this argument been around forever?: I think it’s obvious that the current system of college admissions is broken. It’s created a vicious-circle escalation among colleges to offer more non-academic amenities at ever increasing cost. It’s created a vicious-circle escalation among students to out-do one another. And high schools as well, with grade inflation and non-academic activities. None of these things are a problem in modera…