‘Speak your truth’: In wake of Parkland, colleges tell students protests won’t hurt their chance of admission

As a wave of protests against gun violence spread in high schools across the country, top universities reached out to reassure prospective students that breaking school rules for a principle won’t ruin their chance of attending. In the highly fraught, and often opaque, world of college admissions, it was a rare moment of clarity. As Dartmouth College told students Thursday: “Speak your truth.” And it showed how deeply admissions calculations permeate the daily lives and decision-making of some high school students, as they paused — mid-outrage — to wonder whether joining a protest might hurt their chances of getting in. “There’s anxiety that is inextricably connected to this work and this moment,” 

Source: Yahoo News