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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any college or university that has less than, say, 10% admittance rate for unhooked applicants should not give preference to athletics, legacy, race, donors, connected and powerful people.  When the institution already has 10 applicants to choose from for every available spot, why allocate some spots to hooked category.  If any applicant to such institution wants to be "well rounded" or "multidimensional" let that person work for it while competing with other unhooked students.

All other colleges or universities with greater than 10% admittance rate for unhooked applicants should be allowed to have admissions preferences as they practice now.  This way we will have a clearly defined two-tier educational system wherein, the first tier emphasizes excellence in academics while the second tier promotes "well rounded"/"multidimensional" personalities.  [/quote]

Why should college need to be purely about academics? In the US, college has traditionally been about developing academically strong students who have a variety of other talents, including, and especially, leadership. College is about developing leaders who contribute to the good of their communities; it is not only about the academics.

It would limit and reduce the significance of the top schools if they were limited to test scores and GPAs to select students. They are looking for talents and qualities that don't show up on a standardized test. 
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