the assistant director of admissions rights for those students who come to yell, we expect them to be first in issues of social justice. according to walter olson and your wall street journal, yale does not count skipping classes for protests like we ve seen lately against the applicant. no problem whatsoever. check this out, the dean of admissions at tufts university, her name is karen richardson, after the park when shooting issued the statement to applicants. she said i want to assure you that tufts is a place where civic engagement is not only tolerated, it s encouraged strongly. so when you act on your values in a principled way on issues about which you feel passionately, it will not be held against you in the application process. in fact, we may even take notic notice. forget volunteering with the elderly or helping special needs children, put that on your college application. if you really want to get into that college of your choice, go