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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's assinine for admission to college to be based on test scores alone.  It is fact  the highest SAT scores alone are not true determinants of the highest intelligence, best future scores and productivity is school or later life.  Therefore, if I was the Director of Admissions of MIT/Harvard, I would never fill the entering class with the top most SAT scorers.  I simply would not capture the cream of the crop.[/quote]

"For the millionth time, this response will address the same issue so pay attention:

Asian Americans do not argue for test scores or gpas to trump over other factors. In fact, colleges can use all the objective and subjective criteria they want to use. That is fine and dandy.

The problem is, pay attention now, the various criteria are APPLIED DIFFERENTLY based on race. Again Asians DO NOT complain about the factors used in college admissions at all. Asians only want them APPLIED CONSISTENTLY without illegal racial discrimination where one race has to show higher test scores, higher gpas, more club activities, more awards, more officer positions, more volunteer hours etc. That is the problem, not that colleges use test scores or gpas. I am sure this will have to be repeated over and over since someone will come back and say exactly the same thing: Why should we only look at SAT scores?, SAT doesn't show creativity, SAT doesn't predict college success, we don't want rote memorization, higher income will boost SAT scores etc. "[/quote]

Hello, not that PP, but you're missing a big part of the argument yourself. "Holistic" is a big umbrella word. Yes, "holistic" includes ECs and awards. But it also involves putting together a balanced entering class, a class that brings together different perspectives and life experiences and talents. An orchestra with only oboe players is going to lack that creative, dynamic, and inspirational spark. Even the oboe players are going to be uninspired by each other. Similarly, a class that's chock full of upper-middle-class strivers with engaged parents -- and these come in all skin colors, in fact I count our family among them -- is going to lack dynamism and creativity and interest.

As a mom of a straight-A white girl, however, I hear you about the within-group competition. Unlike you, however, I'm not out there demanding that colleges give most of their slots to girls.[/quote]

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