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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can argue how much BS is in the current "holistic" admission process though (think Harvard). I think it's fair to ask for merit based admissions.[/quote]

You don't get to decide that.  Fact is---a kid with a[b] 1520 is really not any different than one with a 1580.[/b]  For even the top schools, it's "Great you met the SAT threshold, now let's see the rest of your application". Because in real life and the workforce, a lot more matters than just how you perform on a 4 hour test at 8am on a Dec Saturday.  Just like someone with a 3.9 UW is not that much different than a 4.0UW.  And wait until you graduate college and realize that you are working alongside someone who only got a 3.1 in college despite you getting a 3.9, and you likely are being paid the same. Or there's a chance the 3.1 person is now your manager

More to life than just grades and SAT scores.  That's why we have holistic admissions

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That's alike a standard deviation difference between top 1% and top .1%

Sure a lot of things matter but when you are trying to select the smartest people, most of the other stuff does not matter.
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