<p>“After graduation from high school, these girls never picked up a volleyball again… To this day, my friend is furious that even she was duped into believing that they were passionate about their sport.”</p>
<p>Maybe they got burned out on volleyball and found other interests in college. I doubt that they pursued no ECs at Stanford. And since they weren’t recruited athletes, no one knows why Stanford accepted them.</p>
<p>I have moved on (and sometimes have returned to) many passions in life. Just because one is passionate about something now doesn’t mean that one will forever be passionate about it. </p>
<p>"Is it really promoting volunteerism if you have to do it to get into college? :</p>
<p>I’m not aware of any college that requires volunteerism for admittance.</p>
<p>However, one could say, “Is it really promoting academics if you have to do it to et into college?”</p>
<p>Many of the things that we do we originally did because someone forced us to do them. I doubt that many people willingly would have gone to school 6 hours a day for 12 years unless someone made them.</p>
<p>Heck, many people wouldn’t have gotten into the habit of brushing their teeth and washing their face unless parents had forced them to do those things at first.</p>