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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He is wrong. the SAT and GPA are totally inflated from a couple of decades ago so just on the numbers, there are roughly 40,000 test takers scoring 34+/1500+ on the ACT/SAT.

Add to it that schools need enough students for the different majors and departments, so they aren't all going to just take top STEM kids or something. They need/want to round out clubs, theater, sports, etc and their admissions are geared accordingly to ensure their campuses are filled with enriching students of varying backgrounds and contributions to their communities.[/quote]

But the numbers ARE the numbers. The kids who score a 1550+ are the top .05%. The point he is making is that these top schools are not taking the BRIGHTEST students. They are taking interesting/compelling/cool/connected students with much lower stats. So the question is: What defines a top school? It's not because your peers will intellectually challenge you. It's something else, but these should no longer be considered the only top "intellectual" institutions. It's just different.

The UK and other countries still find value in assembling classes with the smartest, brightest kids with high IQs so they can handle the work and challenge each other intellectually. Sure the colleges need dancers, trumpet players, etc., but we have to be honest about what these Ivy League institutions have become. [/quote]

Only because those 20+ schools realize that the "best & brightest" is no only the kids with 1550+ SAT scores.  They smartly realize that 1500 (or whatever number) is enough to say "kid makes the academic cut". they'd rather have a variety of students who excel in different areas than a freshman class of 1580-1600 kids.  Look around you in the real world---welcome to life, you will work alongside people who went to colleges you literally have never heard of, yet they are same age or only 5 years older and you might report to them (gasp, the horrors!!!).  Go look at the C suite and the next 2 levels down at your company---good chance less than 10% went to an "elite school", yet somehow they are excelling in their careers.  Because it's what you do, not where you do it (at least for college---on the job, yes where you work and the connections from that and quality of your experiences will change where your next job might be).

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Made the academic cut for Harvard remedial math class?[/quote]
Enough with the whining about the Harvard remedial math class.  There may be a few kids who need it, but most of those undergrads are better at math than 99% of the people on DCUM.[/quote]

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