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Reply to "I believe that admission to elite schools were much more meritocratic 20 years ago versus today"
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[quote=Anonymous]Specifically, I believe that the most meritocratic conditions were in place from approximately 1985 to 2005. By then, colleges had stopped discriminating based on race, gender and religion. Compared to today, the SAT was much more difficult; SAT achievement tests/SAT II’s; grade inflation was less prevalent (teachers, especially in English classes, were tougher for sure); tuition was lower across the board, leading to less of a bimodal economic distribution on campus that we see today; and apps were done on paper, so no “shotgunning.” [/quote]
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