If anything, I think they should stop looking for the so called wellroundedness. A lot of the students are anxious because they are not prepared academically for college. Nearly three quarter of college freshmen need remedial math. How many of the college students are going to focus on sports, music, or arts anyway. They should and do have special admission requirements. Why shouldn't the colleges pay more attention to academics? I can see the kids are stressed. But I am not sure they are stressed for the right reasons. I personally think this overemphasis on extracurricular as a reason why the kids are so over scheduled and stressed.

Luckily there is still graduate school, where they really only care about academic potentials.