Will this get you into MIT?

While reading the article, “The Child Trap: The rise of overparenting”, one person came to mind: one of friends. I have a friend whose has very educated parents, both in the science fields. She’s the type of friend who never seems to have any time to do anything because she’s either at piano practice, tennis practice, or studying for her SATS which are not until three years later. It’s almost as if her parents have devised a perfect life plan that would get her into MIT or Harvard. They’ve chosen her electives for senior year, her extracurricular activities, and they even involve themselves in deciding who she can associate with and call “friend”. When she told me about this, I thought they had reached the extreme. Their “intelligent” and “well-rounded” daughter should be able to make her own friends. She has spent 2 years of high school so far hiding some of her friendships that her parents would deem as “not good enough”. Her parents have bought cell phones that can detect when she is talking to someone else on the other line. Several occasions have occurred where she had been caught on the phone instead of practicing her piano notes. The next face-to-face talk with her parents was surely to discuss how spending time chit-chatting on the phone will not get her into MIT. Where is the developmental of her teenage years? Teenagers are known for talking on the phone and exchanging certain things that will help them formulate stronger friendships. Does this mean that my friend will not have those strong friendships since her free time is filled with other activities? Sure, she can make friends at tennis practice; but, how can one get to know another during a game of tennis? Where is the exchange of ideas? Where is the realization that the person has similar values and trustworthy characteristics? I’m sure these substances cannot be quickly discovered through a game of tennis. They are rather discovered through close communication.
My friend never seems happy or relaxed, rather always stressing over things and complaining about making her practices. This reveals that she has no love or passion for the extracurricular activities she’s involved in. This surely fools the college admissions officers, who are swayed to believe this individual is well-rounded and has many interests with addition to excelling in academics. Overparenting seems to create artificial robots that religiously follow their parent’s selfish wishes and orders. The parents are not thinking on how to improve of the world, but concentrate on how to make their children “the best” and “top of the line.” How is the future going to be when the managers and top leaders in companies are led by selfish, unmotivated men and women?