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[quote=Anonymous]Whatever one thinks about standardized testing, the fact of the matter is that by removing SATs from the equation admissions depts can be even more unaccountable and non-transparent than they already are, especially with legacy admissions remaining intact almost everywhere. That the current model we have, in which a group of people decide to admit students based on their gut reaction to, say, a 250 word essay or an anonymous letter of recommendation, who one's parents are or some formula devised to create "balance" for incoming classes, is considered anything less than barbaric or quasi-feudal is a mystery to me. And have no doubt that the current push to do away with standardized testing in both higher education and elite test-in public schools (like Stuyvescent in NYC, or Lowell in SF) is explicitly targeting Asian-American students. 
To my knowledge no advanced industrial "democracy" in the world has such an openly non-transparent system for allocating slots in the most competitive schools in the nation. [/quote]

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