So they altered asmission acceptance policy to favor essay content over SATs and grades, social clubs over academic... Instead of excelling, the emphasis was now of how awesomely students can contribute to social life on campus, which, according to the administrations in these schools, would suffer greatly with an influx of studiously inclined Asians.
Studying became a side note as Clifford bopping half the Cheerleader Pep Squad became the ideal. Screw GPAs, we got Beer Pong tournaments to get to!
Furthering the downslide in the joke that's American education because idiocy is cool, learning is for dorks eager to get a pounding from the low brows should they decide to go to the bathroom.