Quick Hits (12.19.12)

Don’t mock the jocks. They’re cashing in on their degrees in exercise science. (Wall Street Journal)

“So where is Waldo, really?” This and other offbeat questions are popping up on college applications this year, as admissions officers try to get a better sense of students’ personalities. (Los Angeles Times)

Take it or lose it. New York City schools stand to lose $250 million in state aid if leaders don’t finalize a plan on teacher evaluations by mid-January. (New York Post)

Helping in a way she can. A 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl is raising money to buy each of the 600 students at Sandy Hook Elementary School a teddy bear, which she and her family will deliver in February. (The Scranton Times Tribune)