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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the admissions officers know far less.  The emphasis on raising the number of apps has killed the analysis[/quote]

You have no evidence this is true.  None.

The indisputable fact is the elites are still able to pick top students with a high likelihood of success there, and they always will be able to.

Here is another fact that is ignored:  the hard part of elite admissions is choosing who to DENY, because there are many, many more qualified candidates than spots.[/quote]

You have missed the point completely.  They aren't really more qualified when we have dumbed down standardized testing, as well as not requiring it and put in serious grade inflation and instigated teach to the test with little emphasis on the skills the professor talks about.

Now we have 200 Valedictorians in my kids senior class.  Yeah, kids aren't geniuses compared to 20 years ago.  Mine have a 4.6gpa with time to play 2 sports per season and have a part-time job, no struggle.  Doubtful they could have done that back in the day at my high schools.[/quote]

I did it at Whitman 25 years ago, no 4.6, but near the top of my class. There were always kids who could pull that off. I think the huge difference is that now top schools are both need blind and full need met without loans. That valedictorian/class president/year book educator/4 year multi sport starter who would have gone to their state flagship 20 years ago for financial reasons is now applying to the same elite schools that similar kids at NCS or Sidwell are because those schools are actually more affordable that the state flagship [/quote]

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