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While I agree that her piece was definitely satirical, there is a valid point in there - colleges today, especially the top tier ones, receive A TON of applications, and after filtering by GPA and test scores, the applicants that are left are often pretty equally qualified, and what distinguishes the exceptional ones are tons of extracurriculars, leadership positions, jobs, volunteer work, all occurring concurrently. I don't think the writer seems lazy; I think she's (satirically) pointing out the fact that many colleges expect high school students to be able to do and have time for everything, when that is not at all realistic.
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