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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Of course there are distinctions in how 250 students performed on the test. I am sure that the best 140 did significantly better than the worse 110, and they should be rewarded for it instead of being judged by their skin color and ward and whatever "balancing" bs.[/quote]

You didn't mention the biggest "balancer" - gender.  And they don't consider it until [u]after[/u] they've eliminated 3/4 of the applicant pool based on test score.

Have had kids in private, at SWW and now in college.  IME the SWW application process is the only one that clearly places the most weight on test score.  Private schools and colleges balance by factors other than test score - gender, region, race, etc.  SWW invites the top 250 scores to the interview round.  No other admissions process works that way.  Test scores are "one factor" in private school admissions and for college. Take a look at the private school admissions forum - posts about kids with SSAT scores below 80% getting admitted is not unusual.   At SWW test score is the [u]only[/u] factor in getting to the interview round.  If an applicant gets to the interview round their chances of admission are incredibly high regardless of any balancing that may be done after the interview.  It's an application high school and should rely on test score as heavily as it does.  Arguing that other factors shouldn't be considered is naive.   [/quote]

I agree. I am surprised at the posters who complain at how opaque the SWW process is and laud the private schools' so called "holistic" selection machinery. 
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