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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no evidence that Asian-American students have more and better extra-curriculars and leadership experience and other factors that go into a holistic admissions review. The only basis anyone claims that Asian-American students are more qualified is because of test scores. By definition, a non-holistic admissions process relies exclusively on grades and test scores. So if you argue that a holistic review is unfair, then you are demanding a numbers based process. And as I wrote earlier, every Asian education ministry says their test-based process is screwed up and unfair and produces bad results for learning. [/quote]

Not true. If that were the case, the term Holistic Admissions would have a clear definition. It doesn't. Ask any college and you'll get one of those slippery answers that makes you feel like you need shower afterwards. What holistic admissions allows a school to do is make subjective decisions about each kid. The main problem with that is that there are inherent biases within us all. You best read the book The Gatekeepers by NYT writer Jaques Steinberg to get a better idea of what goes on. It's no accident some admissions folks at Wesleyan resigned just before this book came out.[/quote]

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