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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good kids are getting rejected from top schools, because top schools no longer care about academic excellence as much as they care about "Diversity"
There are very few students who meet ALL of the following criteria
1) Top 1-3% of graduating class
2) 1550 in SATor 35 ACT or higher in test scores
3) National AP scholar.
4) 750 or higher in 2 Subject Tests

These are truly gifted students. All of them could easily be accommodated in the top 15 schools, many times over, but most don't get in, because top schools are obsessed with diversity.

This is a tragedy for this country in the long run, because [b]as any economist will tell you, we are grossly misallocating some of the best resources of our academic institutions on some very questionable talent, instead of focusing them on talent that can benefit the most from them and consequently turbocharge the US economy into the next generation[/b].

But eh. Becoming fat, dumb and careless is probably necessary for the baton to pass from the US to some other nation. That's the way history has worked[/quote]

Well said![/quote]

Some economists may tell you that it is suboptimal to keep investing in a small set of wealthy educated families generation after generation. And that by swapping out some of the "old school" families for some new ones at these elite schools that you succeed in creating a broader set of elite-educated families in the overall population while also injecting excellence into other (great!) schools by adding all those ("displaced") students of wealthy educated families to the community. Most economists will tell you that the "displaced" students have had 18 years of investment poured upon them by their elite families and that THAT matters more than anything else in their long run success. These kids will succeed no matter where they go, as long as they take advantage of opportunities.      [/quote]

[b]And likewise, so will 95% of those kids applying to T25 schools that don't get in. [/b] If they are that smart and motivated, they will go far in life.  Just go to #26 where you did get in and shine.  Stop being upset you were rejected at a highly rejective school where 90-95% are rejected. [/quote]

You do you realize these are exactly the same "displaced" people I was referring to, right? Or are you just agreeing with me?   [/quote]

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