Why was this question reported and deleted? It was pretty straightforward.?

I'm getting pretty sick of this site, because I can't actually ask anything I really want to know and have someone give a reasonable answer. I asked in Higher Education "Who is telling all these kids that extracurricular activities are really important?" I wanted to know because there are a lot of questions there about things like "Can I get into Harvard?" or "Can I get into this school?" or "How can I get into an Ivy League school?" Well, I went to an Ivy League school and graduated. In these questions kids neglect to list things like SAT scores and then list ten to twenty extracurricular activities. They have an almost religious faith that extracurriculars are the most important thing in a college application, when in fact, it's the least important thing, as I found out in college. Anyway, they said the question was reported and deleted it. I got a lot of rude answers and non-responsive comments. I had one kid tell me flat out that I was wrong. Well, I've been through the application process, and I had basically only two activities that I was really involved in. I've even heard a former admissions officer make fun of applicants for doing volunteer work because everybody knew they were doing it to pad their resumes. Does the truth hurt this much? All I can deduce is that feelings are more important than facts here.