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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good kids are getting rejected from top schools, because top schools no longer care about academic excellence as much as they care about "Diversity"
There are very few students who meet ALL of the following criteria
1) Top 1-3% of graduating class
2) 1550 in SATor 35 ACT or higher in test scores
3) National AP scholar.
4) 750 or higher in 2 Subject Tests

These are truly gifted students. All of them could easily be accommodated in the top 15 schools, many times over, but most don't get in, because top schools are obsessed with diversity.

This is a tragedy for this country in the long run, because as any economist will tell you, we are grossly misallocating some of the best resources of our academic institutions on some very questionable talent, instead of focusing them on talent that can benefit the most from them and consequently turbocharge the US economy into the next generation.

But eh. Becoming fat, dumb and careless is probably necessary for the baton to pass from the US to some other nation. That's the way history has worked[/quote]

Well, sure. How boring to have a bunch of 1559 SAT stressed out robots.

Using your 1% guidelines would [b]leave out certain kids on the spectrum, adhd kids, kids with dyscalculia and dyslexia[/b]. That would be short sighted of the school to do.

And that would also leave out a nationally known teen spokesperson who “only” got a 1340 but has done more to change society than the 5.0 1600 kid.

Nah. This is not bad for society. Some horrible people have easily paid their way into those schools and brought their toxic values into society while decrying the “elite” despite attending two elite schools themselves.

Go to a school. Do well. You can still become a Senator and improve the world.

What’s the bottom third of the Harvard class of 2019 doing, I wonder? [/quote]

How does it leave of such kids?  Schools don't factor that into their admissions process (Ask me how I know), unless of course you are the right kind of color, orientation, etc.

"[i]Go to a school. Do well. You can still become a Senator and improve the world.[/i]" Why doesn't this apply to folks who are clearly not academically qualified but get into elite schools on 'other' considerations?  Why don't you share your wisdom with them?  I'd love to watch how that goes down.   :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

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