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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point re judging the transcript based on the high school curriculum is descriptive, not prescriptive; this is what colleges and universities actually do.  [/quote]

Yes, it's what they actually do, but there may be a smidgen of logic behind their judgment. I'm afraid I'm going to be shot like the admissions person, but I'll go for it, with the big caveat that I think better public schools would be a big part of the solution to what comes next. Here goes (puts hands protectively in front of face). It's a tough call as to whether A's in a 3-rd rate high school gives a student the skills to write a short paper or two a week at the level required by a highly selective college.

So yes. Improve the public schools. Or let top students in failing schools transfer to better publics or even privates. Expand programs like the Posse programs that provide support once kids arrive at college. However, I don't think the solution is just to send kids who never had to write a research paper to an Ivy.[/quote]

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