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[quote=Anonymous]This is a pervasive problem across the board for 99% of US universities and colleges, OP. Nowhere else on earth is there this incredibly secretive and subjective system! It creates a lot of stress for families, especially those of the middle class who would like the most bang for their buck because they can afford some but not all colleges, and are interested in both financial and merit aid.

I come from abroad, where you get in based on academic achievement, because the high school grading system is homogeneous and the end of high school exam is a very big deal, with scores that also factor into admissions. It's transparent, and the admission process itself is more streamlined. Universities in my country couldn't care less what extra-curriculars kids do - they are well aware that those will depend on family wealth and motivation, which introduce a additional socio-economic inequality into the equation.

Here it's needlessly complicated. Ideally, the federal Department of Ed would administer an SAT-like exam for all high schoolers, for free, so that colleges could have a basis of national comparison. States could do whatever the heck they wanted, but the proof of the pudding would be scores on that final exam. If universities started to admit based on that, it would greatly motivate states who don't invest in public school education to get their act together.
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