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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The SAT needs to go back to being an IQ test and should be the basis of admission along with gpa. No more extracurriculars! They are turning high schoolers into freaks who can do research but can barely process information.[/quote]

Not the American way. The culture of college in the US is academics plus social life/athletics/clubs/etc. [/quote]
It was the American way for most of America. This shift is relatively recent and has become poisonous to our institutions who've had to reduce the quality of te education to keep up with the test optional dummies and the 1520, which now means nothing. We need smart people back in our top colleges.[/quote]

This is not correct.  The previous American was was money, personal connections, private school connections and legacy. Those are still active but not as significant and public school kids like mine have a shot. Met a lady who, once she found out my kid got into an Ivy, cornered her at the ladies room to rant about how her kid shouldn't have settled for a T30 when she was an "A+" student. She didn't even think to ask if my kid (winner of multiple national awards) had anything to merit the admission. So entitled. [/quote]

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