As if you needed any proof that the younger generation has it easier: Wake Forest University, a liberal arts college in North Carolina, has begun to offer the option of Online Admissions Interviews, the Baltimore Sun reports. 

Yes, instead of freaking out about your interview outfit, going to the school, and inevitably getting lost, students can sit down in their living rooms, get on a web cam, and discuss their potential with admissions officers. 

So. Not. Fair. 

The school has already been approaching new ways to look at admitting students: 

 Starting this month, any applicant can request a virtual interview with an admissions officer via Webcam and the Internet. It's part of the university's new admissions process that emphasizes personal interaction and no longer requires applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores.

 

Basically, the school is removing much of the mind-blowing stress-elements applicants have had to worry about since college became a big damn deal. 

While Wake Forest recognizes the importance of coming to the campus for interviews and getting first-hand experience of the school, they also hoped that the virtual option would help international students and students who lacked the funding to make it out for an in-person interview. They also said that their option is just the next stop in a long technological strain of choosing a college:

 David Hawkins, public policy director of the National Association of College Admission Counseling, said he knew of no other colleges using Webcams for student interviews. But for years now, college students in the United States have turned to the Internet to find their dream campus - using virtual tours, chat rooms, online applications. They've been known to e-mail professors to find out about academic programs before setting foot on campus, so it's not surprising that the virtual interview has arrived.

 

Either way, props to Wake Forest for riding the technological wave. I'm almost positive that there is some argument on why this is a bad idea, but I haven't come up with it yet. If you do, leave it in the comments. All I can come up with is "it sucks to be old."