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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I could wave a magic wand ...

1) Eliminate activities as a consideration. Do not even have it as an option on the Common or Coalition App -- no preferences for athletes, ballet stars, musical prodigies, marching band members, debaters etc.

Schools can offer these activities to anyone in the freshman class who tries out for them, like high school.

2) Blind admission files, with the exception of perhaps geography and gender (same as with an academic journal; no one knows who the author is).

No names on apps, no interviews with applicants. The record must stand on its own. Recommendations and calls only accepted from teachers or employers.

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Horrible idea. You would end up with a bunch of boring drones who sit in a room and code all day and night. There are schools for that. High test scores and GPA are only 1 factor. You can send your kid to private tutoring, weekend schools, etc. but the real challenge in life is growing as a person and learning how to get along with others. You're making the same argument that Asians are making against Harvard's admission policies...only now, you can't just be mad at the poor minorities getting in.[/quote]

Every European college does this. [/quote]

seriously 
just follow the test of the world, it’s really not that complicated [/quote]

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