Gurley says colleges now require major selection at high school junior year, three years earlier than before.
“So we've moved the decision of what major are you gonna pick from the end of your sophomore year to the end of your junior year in high school.”
Gurley says college admissions pressure creates sixth-grade resume arms race leaving kids overscheduled and unable to find fascinations.
“I think the schools are so hard to get into that parents begin this thing in sixth grade, which Jonathan Hite calls the resume arms race, where you're just cello lessons, Mandarin lessons, lacrosse lessons, the kids are over scheduled”